Paulines Publishing House’s Nourished by God’s Word by Msgr. Jesus-Romulo C. Rañada bagged the Best Book Award in the Homiletics category of the Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Awards.
Nourished by God’s Word, a three-volume series, is a compilation of reflections following the Church’s liturgical cycles.It is a fruit of a pastor’s engagement with the Word of God, of letting himself be nourished by it so that he could nourish others. These reflections eventually evolved into Sunday homilies and are now offered as resources for those who seek a deeper encounter with the Word through personal or group study and prayer.
For the first time the awards ceremony was held at SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia (MOA) Complex, Pasay City during the 36th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) on September 17, 2015.
The Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Awards (CSCBA) is Catholic Mass Media Awards’ official awarding body for books category. It is organized by the Asian Catholic Communication Incorporated (ACCI) which recognizes book titles that promote Christian formation and values.
This year, 22 books by 18 authors have been shortlisted for six different categories. And the winners for Best Book in their respective categories are:
Family Life: How to Deal with Horror Parents, Monster Kids, and Freaky Siblings by Bo Sanchez
Homiletics: Nourished By God’s Word by Msgr. Jesus-Romulo C. Rañada
Inspirational: How to Change Your Life In Thirty Days by Bo Sanchez
Spirituality: Desperately Seeking God’s Saving Action by Karl M. Gaspar, CSsR
Ministry: Desperately Seeking God’s Saving Action by Karl M. Gaspar, CSsR
Youth and Children: Art and the Creation Stories by Maria Lourdes A. De Vera
Pope Francis, the Catholic Bishop and Priest by Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano was awarded a citation for the Theology category.
In his keynote address, Most Rev. Mylo Hubert C. Vergara, DD, chair of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)’s Episcopal Commission on Social Communications and Mass Media (ECSC), presented the four different aspects of communication: incarnational, religious, ecclesial and technological which enables families to be a place of encounter, a place of love. Bishop Vergara quoted Pope Francis’ message for World Communications Day 2015 regarding the family as A Privileged Place of Encounter with the Gift of Love. He also encouraged authors and publishers: “Let our books and publications be effective means to stimulate men and women’s critical faculty and help them form their own opinion based on well formed consciences.”
Fr. John Klen Maleficiar, SSP, ACCI President and Miss Regine Areño of Paulines Publishing House, ACCI Vice-President, assisted Bishop Vergara in awarding the citations and trophies to the winners.
