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For the third consecutive time, the Christ the King Parish at Cantonments in Accra, pastored by Very Rev. Fr. Andrew Campbell, SVD, has won the overall National Award Trophy for Leading Subscribers of The Catholic Standard.
The Awards ceremony held at the Christ the Parish Hall in Accra on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 was part of activities to mark the 80th Anniversary of The Catholic Standard, the national Catholic Weekly Newspaper.
In all, 58 individuals, Parishes, Institutions and Staff were awarded for promoting the sale and reading of The Catholic Standard and supporting the Paper in diverse ways.
The ceremony was chaired by Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani and Episcopal Chairman of Social Communications with Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, Immediate Past Chairman of the National Media Commission as the Guest Speaker.
The St. John the Evangelist Parish at Adenta, pastored by Very Rev. Fr. John Benya Mensah, also in Accra took the second position while Our Lady of Annunciation (OLA) Cathedral in Tamale came third. The Leading Advertiser went to Quality Insurance and the National Catholic Secretariat won the Leading Job Provider Awards.
Certificates of merits were presented to five leading Vendors; seven Leading Promoters; six leading Columnists; and three leading Writers (News).
Four Parishes in the Cape Coast, Kumasi, Accra and Tamale Provinces were also awarded as Provincial winners. Special Awards were also presented to some individuals who had supported The Catholic Standard in various ways.
Some former Editors of the Paper were awarded for their dedicated services to the Paper including Sir Isaac Fritz Andoh, the longest served Editor of the Paper; Most Rev. Charles Palmer-Buckle, Archbishop of Cape Coast; Dr. Anthony Bonnah Koomson; and Mr. Thomas Kwao-Nyaku, who was posthumously awarded.
The leading Vendors included J.E. Yeboah, Kumasi; Pearl Gertrude Dotse, Accra; Linda Sekle, Accra; Eugene Bemuna, Wa and Cephas Afornu, Denu while the promoters are Rev. Fr. Andrew Campbell, SVD, Beatrice Anderson, Bolgatanga, Anthony Nyalemegbe, Ho; University Of Education Chaplaincy, Winneba; Radio Gold, GBC Radio Newsroom, and Metro TV Good Morning Ghana.
The Leading Columinst Awards went Most Rev. Peter K. Sarpong, Dr. John Boakye, Rev. Msgr. Prof. Stephen Ntim, Prof. Nana Essilfie Conduah, Rev. Fr. Daniel Tetteh Tackie and Rev. Emmanuel Abbey Quaye, who is currently in the USA.
Mr. Francis E. Monnie, Tamale, Michael Akornorba, Sunyani And Kwesi Yirenkyi Boateng won the leading Writer’s Award while Special Awards were presented to Archbishop Sarpong, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, Accra, Sir Fosuaba Mensah Banahene, Dame Cecilia Kwofie, Brig. Gen. & Obaapanin Mrs. Kwasie, Ambs. Lt. General Augustine Peter Blay, Rev. Fr. Dr. Prosper Abotsi, Accra, Society of African Missions (Sma), Theodore Torsutsey and Mr. James Aggrey, Longest Served and Retired Staff Of The Catholic Standard
The Catholic Standard Awards started in 2001 when a former Nuncio, Most Rev. George Kocherry presented the Trophy to the Management which was named “The Nuncio’s Trophy”.
The trophy is competed for by Subscribers throughout the country. The Nuncio, has, besides the introduction of the Trophy, assumed leadership in prompting the Weekly throughout his visits to Dioceses in Ghana.
St. Margaret Mary Parish, Dansoman, became the first to win the Trophy and continued to win it for three years without a break. The Parish, therefore, became the proud winner of this Trophy for keeps in the year 2005. Surprisingly, Dansoman withdrew from the competition, saying it wanted to give chance to other competitors.
The Nuncio wanting to remain the sponsor of this competition introduced another Trophy in other to maintain the title Nuncio’s Trophy Award Scheme. The winner in each year is determined by the highest weekly subscription by any one particular Parish.
As soon as St. Margaret Mary Parish withdrew from the competition, Churches in Tema-Battor Deanery began struggling to win the trophy.
In 2006, St. Joseph the Worker, Community Eight won the coveted Trophy. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Sakumono captured the Trophy for two years running, 2007 and 2008.
Tema Community Two Good Shepherd won in 2009 and for the first time Christ the King Parish won the Trophy in 2011 and 2013 during the 75th Anniversary of The Catholic Standard.
