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May 8, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon Jim Rosenthal, Director of Communications
Anglican Communion Office
London, England

[97.5.1.2]

CANADA: ANGLICAN PAPER WINS AWARDS

(Anglican Church of Canada) The Anglican Journal was voted the best
national  or international newspaper at the recent Associated Church
Press awards in  Chicago, Illinois. The Associated Church Press is a
North American  organisation of 178 publications with a combined
circulation of 30 million.

The judge who awarded the Journal its Best in Class award commented on
the paper: "Interesting letters from readers. Big features make fine
reading. A  controlled, classy design. A sophisticated publication that
says 'Read me!'"

The Journal won 6 other awards including an award of excellence for A
Test of Faith, Vianney (Sam) Carriere's June 1996 story of Thacienne
Karuhije, a Rwandan woman who has since come to Canada as a refugee. The
judge complimented the writer for his "heartbreaking, wrenching tale of
human inhumanity, sensitively related by allowing the subject to tell
the story in her own words."  The Journal was also honoured with the
Award of Excellence for best front  page for its "nice, balanced" layout
of December 1996 issue.  Journal editor the Revd David Harris won an
Award of Merit for his March  1996 editorial entitled Church Needs to
Focus on Spirituality and an  honourable mention for his April editorial
entitled Rich Tapestry Needs  Strong Weave.  Saskia Rowley, the
Journal's art director, won an honourable mention for  newspaper
graphics for her graphics which accompanied the God, Cod and 
Newfoundland section in the October issue and a second honourable
mention for best redesign of a publication.  The Anglican Journal is the
national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada. It reaches every
Anglican bishop in the world and has a circulation of 250,000.