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1 THE CATHOLIC JOURNALIST 2010 REGIONAL MEETINGS AGENDA This year s regiona meetings wi take pace in Litte Rock, Ark.; Seatte, Wash.; Batimore, Md. and Lake Geneva,Wis. Take this opportunity to network with coeagues and continue your education. Review the agendas and decide what meeting is best for you. More on Page 4 HR: HIRING INTERNS The empoyer-intern reationship is a unique one and in most cases both parties benefit from the experience. Reduced abor costs and a gain in productivity are just a few. Learn more about how hiring an intern may be in your best interest. More on Page 6 COMMUNICATION THEN AND NOW Heen Osman, USCCB, expains how the importance of communication in the Cathoic press has evoved over the years, yet remains as important as ever. More on Page 8 Effective Leadership Page 3 Regiona Updates Page 7 Design Advice Page 7 CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA VOLUME 62 NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 2010 U.S. Posta Service increase By Dominic Perri In August the Cathoic Press Association joined with 10 other faith-based organizations from across the U.S. sent a etter to the U.S. Posta Reguatory Commission to decine the request of the U.S. Posta Service to increase the posta rate above the current U.S. rate of infation. Such a waiver is required by the Posta Accountabiity and Enhancement Act of The etter was signed by five other Cathoic organizations (incuding United States Conference of Cathoic Bishops, Cathoic News Service and Cathoic Reief Services) and five non-cathoic faith-based organizations (incuding the Nationa Counci of Churches USA and the Isamic Society of North America). CPA and its partners in this effort point out that many other faith-based, non-profit organizations depend on the USPS for a cost-effective means to deiver books, periodicas, news and information Hiton Pittsburgh oses the Hiton name By Karen Hurey CPA Deputy Executive Director Hiton Pittsburgh, site of the 2011 Cathoic Media Convention, oses the Hiton name. Earier this month a press reease announced that exterior renovations were under way at the Hiton Pittsburgh but that s not the ony news from the hote. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Hiton Hotes & Resorts has terminated its Franchise License Agreement with Shubh Hotes Pittsburgh LLC, the owner of the Downtown hote, eaving it without the Hiton name. A Hiton spokesperson said the owner had vioated the terms of the franchise agreement. The hote wi be operating under a new hote chain yet to be announced; but for now it s business as usua with no change in the quaity of service. The date for the Cathoic Media Convention is set for June in Pittsburgh. CPA wi be ceebrating its Centennia Anniversary so watch your emai for updates and visit the CPA website at for more detais. Upcoming webinar Using socia media: best practices Is using socia media one of those items on your perpetua to do ist? You think your pubication/organization/ parish needs to be Twittering, but aren t sure? On Friday, September 24, from 1 to 2 p.m. (CST), Heen Osman, secretary of Communications for the US Conference of Cathoic Bishops, wi give a presentation on how the Church can use socia media, offering us guiding principes, major chaenges specific to reigious organizations, definitions of socia media, suggested guideines for personne using socia media, specia concerns regarding minors and more. For more information visit the CPA website at to thousands of reigious organizations that provide educationa, heath care and socia services across the United States. The proposed increase woud The Centenary Ceebration of the Cathoic Press Association wi be hed during the 2011 Cathoic Media Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa. set for June Pease mark your caendars now. The chairman of the oca panning committee, Robert Lockwood, and his staff at the Pittsburgh Cathoic are roing out the wecome mat. They are coordinating exciting workshops and securing the best speakers. They are gearing up to make next year s convention not ony a time to earn but a ceebration of Cathoic communication as CPA moves on to the next century of reporting the Good News. be the seventh this decade. In comparison, the 1990s ony had three increases in the domestic etter rate and the 1980s had just four. The etter to the Posta 2011 Cathoic Media Convention Most Reverend David A. Zubik Lockwood and his team have engaged the Cathoic community in Pittsburgh, a diocese with 210 parishes. Most Reverend David A. Zubik says in his etter of invitation that, It is my peasure to formay invite you to Pittsburgh for the 2011 nationa Cathoic Media Convention from June 22-24, We are especiay honored to know that the convention wi mark the 100th anniversary ceebration of the Cathoic Press Association. I invite you to ceebrate as we Pittsburgh s rich Cathoic heritage. I ook forward to meeting you, to ceebrating the Eucharist with you, and to sharing Reguatory Commission argues that an additiona increase in posta rates seriousy threatens the abiity of faith-based organizations to distribute basic information that serves the needs of miions of Americans each day. The underying concern is that in an economy reeing from the ast two years of financia woes, a posta increase wi stretch faith-based organizations even further and drive some from the marketpace atogether. This woud further to weaken the USPS. The U.S. Posta Reguatory Commission is schedued to rue on the Posta Service s rate increase request on October 4. Dominic Perri serves a poicy consutant to the US Conference of Cathoic Bishops. He ives in Chicago with his wife and daughter. our wonderfu city with you. God bess you and keep you unti we see you in Pittsburgh next year. Gratefu for our beief that Nothing is Impossibe with God. The convention promises to be memorabe. There is a specia Centenary evening panned on Thursday, June 23. It kicks off with Mass at St. Pau s Cathedra foowed by a reception, dinner and performance in the Music Ha at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. This event wi be a ticketed event so watch your emai for more information. You may aso visit the CPA website for updates at

2 Page 2 The Cathoic Journaist September 2010 Thoughts presidentia New ideas to tacke the big od stories By Penny Wiegert CPA President Cathoic journaists shoud never be victims of ow sef esteem. Why? Because we cover big stories ots of big stories. It can be a tough job. Cathoicism is one big, od story and it has to be retod and retod so its history and consequence wi be everasting and so too, wi the practice and understanding of the faith. And so much of what happens in today s word has an impact on the foundations of that faith. And if we as Cathoic journaists and communicators are doing our jobs thoroughy and passionatey, the ancient faith story can have an impact on the cuture and society as we. Our jobs are to te a the big stories within the overa big story. Stories such as presenting and understanding the new Roman Missa, the nationa marriage initiative and ecumenica efforts around the word just a few. Those are just the stories generated within the church itsef. There are aways the Penny Wiegert Keeping the faith The Church: warts and a (part 2) By Pat McCoskey, O.F.M. St. Anthony Messenger Cincinnati, Ohio When I wrote my artice The Church: warts and a for the August issue of The Cathoic Journaist, I had no intention of writing a second instament. But then I got to thinking that I shoud offer more specific exampes of how good journaists have heped the Cathoic Church do its job -- even if some reporters in print and other media did not set out to do that. Coectivey, they forced the Church to take the action that it shoud have taken vountariy in order to be more faithfu to the Good News of Jesus -- its ony reason for existence. In 1985, Jason Berry wrote a series for Nationa Cathoic Reporter about cergy sex-abuse in the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana. He was soon contacted by peope in other parts of the country who reported simiar abuse. NCR was severey criticized by some peope for pubishing those artices ( sensationaism, a few bad appes in one diocese, washing dirty inen in pubic, this is a societa probem, etc. ). Berry described the nationa scope of this abuse in his 1992 stories happening outside the church that need our teing with that ever popuar faith component. Secuar journaists take stories such as the BP oi spi and pu out the oca ange. Cathoic journaists, on the other hand, work on puing out how Cathoics put their faith in action in the face of the adversity of the spi. However, sometimes those so-caed big stories can be overwheming for a sma staff. In these days of shrinking budgets, shrinking news hoes and shrinking staffs, the big stories can too often be eft to the book Lead Us Not Into Temptation. Starting in 1996, the Hartford Courant newspaper began pubishing Gerad Renner s artices about aegations of sexua abuse by Father Marcia Macie, founder of the the Legionaries of Christ. In January 2002, an appea court judge uphod Judge Constance Sweeney s ruing to unsea more than 10,000 pages of documents in awsuits against Father John Geoghan and the Archdiocese of Boston. That request was brought by The Boston Gobe. Woud the Charter for the Protection of Chidren and Young Peope and the wire services or citizen journaists. In my 24 and three quarter years in the Cathoic press, I can honesty say that my membership in the CPA has heped me time and time again to cover those big stories. My participation in the association has heped me think differenty and creativey about not ony approaching the big stories, but how to approach the annua must cover stories with a fresh-eye and attitude. My coeagues in the Cathoic press get a the credit for teaching me how to: * Ask * Share * Stea * Pan * Do Ask. Whenever a particuar project comes around such as the announcement and instaation of a new bishop or a oca initiative ike Cathoics Come Home, the first thing to do is use your association to find out who has tacked these projects before and how they Essentia Norms for impementing it (both approved by the U.S. bishops in Daas in June 2002) and the bishops Office for Chid and Youth Protection come into existence without the hard work of honest and thorough journaists? Woud the Church and society be better off it those journaists ignored these stories? In 2004, Jason Berry and Gerad Renner pubished Vows of Sience: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Pau II, concentrating on the Church s vasty differing treatment of Father Thomas Doye, O.P. (a canon awyer who in 1985 urged a more proactive response to cergy sexua did it. You can use the CPA office and emai ist. Pose a question on the CPA Web site about how to get information Share your concerns, constraints. Many times the ideas that come forth from coeagues wi hep you save time, money and energy. You can aso share your projects with the freeance crowd. In these economic times, using freeancers can save you time and money and gain you in quaity. Stea ideas that worked or ooked good in other pubications and craft them for your own on a oca eve. (Obviousy I am not advocating pagiarism, but just using a good idea). One of the best ways to do this is by exchanging your pubication with others. And you newspaper peope be aware that Cathoic magazines are a great way to get ideas for graphics and compeing copy with a short word count. Pan to spend some time each week cruising around the internet ooking at what other Cathoic media outets are doing. abuse) and Father Marcia Macie (who was favored by Pope John Pau II but was ordered by Pope Benedict XVI to reinquish contro of the Legionaries of Christ in 2006). After Father Macie s death in 2008, it became known that he had fathered chidren by at east two women. A wordwide investigation of the Legionaries by five bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI has ed him to name a specia deegate to guide the group s future. We are a heathier Church for iving more and more in the truth about: * the extent of cerica sexua abuse of minors in Become a fan of Cathoic pubications on Facebook so you can see how they are covering stories such as back to schoo and reigious jubiees. Put the ideas you have gained into your panning. You can get oca voices to expain things for you. Invite the oca experts to expain things and ask oca cergy to write for you. Again, pan to spread the work around to freeancers too. Do what you can to show your readers that the economy has no bearing on how we you te the stories and they can expect a rich banquet of news, views, inspiration and information from their Cathoic pubication whie other sources have dried up. The regiona meetings for the Cathoic Press Association are just around the corner. These are a great way to connect with coeagues in your own region and find out what they are doing and how you can hep each other. I attended a the regions ast year and picked up great ideas. At the Eastern the United States and in other parts of the word * the transfer of priests to other dioceses or reigious communities without informing the new superiors about previous aegations and treatment * the exposure of cergy sexua misconduct with mae and femae aduts * the embezzement of parish or diocesan funds by priests and aypeope * how diocesan funds are used and aocated * the rea reasons why Cathoic parishes and schoos cose or merge * (you fi in other exampes you know ony too we). Athough most Cathoic journaists woud rather not write these kinds of stories, carefuy avoiding them means ying to ourseves and to our readers, strengthening a dysfunctiona attitude within the Church. The fact that not every journaist got every story on this subject right simpy iustrates the need for better artices rather than avoiding stories on exposive topics. Conversations between the U.S. bishops and Cathoic journaists (advanced at ast June s Cathoic Media Convention) need to continue Regiona ast year, I got great ideas about circuation from the Cathoic Star Herad. In the South, I brought home new ideas for ayout and design and aunched some great series for the year of the priest.in the Midwest, we earned new ways to approach od events in our photography. Right now, I am using some of the ideas from the Cathoic Review in Batimore to hep my diocese pan coverage for the impementation of the new Roman Missa. My favorite part of these meetings is taking home other Cathoic pubications to shop for ideas. This year at a the regionas, the Cathoic communication directors wi have sessions that wi be appicabe to us a as we write the stories for print, the web and socia media. So if you haven t been getting anything out of your Cathoic Press membership, try some of these ideas. I predict that you wi find ideas that wi benefit your readers and you most ikey wi make a friend in the process. and to take account of what journaists for Cathoics newspapers, magazines and a forms of eectronic media contribute to heping their users ive in the truth that sets us free (see John 8:32). Precisey because the Church is the Body of Christ, it needs a vigiant, faith-fied and professiona Cathoic press. P.S. I thank President Penny Wiegert for suggesting two of the buet points above. THE CATHOLIC JOURNALIST Timothy M. Water Executive Director twater@cathoicpress.org Karen A. Hurey Deputy Executive Director khurey@cathoicpress.org Editoria cathjourn@cathoicpress.org Subscriptions US: $12; Canada: US $15 Foreign: US $20 Foreign Air: US $30 The Cathoic Journaist (USPS# , ISSN# ) is pubished monthy by the Cathoic Press Association of the United States and Canada, 205 West Monroe Street, Suite 470, Chicago, IL Nonprofit Periodica postage paid at Chicago, IL and additiona maiing offices. Postmaster, Send Changes to: Cathoic Press Association 205 West Monroe, Ste. 470 Chicago, IL p) f) cathjourn@cathoicpress.org

3 September 2010 The Cathoic Journaist Page 3 Executive director s report Dear Members: There is a ot to report on in this issue as we gear up for the fa season and begin ooking ahead to 2011 and the 100-year anniversary of the Cathoic Press Association. Here are a few highights. Cathoic Press Awards Let s start with the big news. After severa years of using API to judge a awards except the book categories, we have moved in new direction. We are peased to announce that we are in the midst of negotiations with two we-known Cathoic universities to hande those award categories. The journaism schoos have agreed to have their facuty do the judging. We are working around their busy backto-schoo schedue but expect to have things in pace by ate September. Most encouraging is the opportunity to bring a Cathoic perspective back to these categories and the consistency that a university facuty wi bring to the program each year. Again this year the Cathoic Press Awards Committee has gathered feedback from members and suggestions for improving the awards program. They are meeting on a reguar basis to improve category anguage and adjust categories to best meet the needs of our members. Their work is never done and I hope you have the opportunity to thank Mike Krokos and his committee for their diigence in continuing to make this a top notch program. Regiona Meetings Your regiona representatives are working hard to deveop quaity continuing education programs in each region this year. In fact, we are deighted to te you that By Owen Pheps, Ph.D. Tim Water Effective eadership Learning from a master: great eaders don t finish ast for the first time in many years there wi be a regiona meeting in the West, this year in Seatte. There are two new deveopments associated with our regiona meetings. The Cathoic Academy with join us in the Midwest and the East on the day before the CPA meetings start. The deveopment of socia media guideines is part of that agenda and topics are geared to serve communication directors. CPA members who wear dua caps are wecome to attend the Academy meeting as we. An invitation to parish communicators is being extended in regions where the agenda is appropriate. The intention is to reach out to parish communicators doing Web sites, buetins, newsetters and press reeases and offer the expertise of the CPA as a resource to their work. Each region wi have a specia presentation by Dr. Owen Pheps who is known for his Lead Like Jesus program. Through grant money received through the Our Sunday Visitor Institute, Dr. Pheps wi add a new twist this year and present on two topics requested by members. Time Management: An Owen Pheps, Ph.D. You know the od adage, Nice guys finish ast. It gets proven wrong day in and day out in even the most competitive environments. Being nice doesn t assure anyone that they achieve their goas. But overbearing, dictatoria personaities neary aways make performance goas harder to reach. That s true even in coaching, considered by some the ast bastion of Neandertha eadership. Boisterous coaches can get short-term resuts. But sustained success requires more than shouts, threats and curses. John Wooden, the most successfu coege basketba coach in history, who died in June at 99 years of age, epitomized what s needed for sustained effectiveness both on and off the court. Wooden won 10 NCAA area that has become more vauabe in recent years as staffs have become smaer and roes have consoidated. Here s a short description of the program. There is ony so much time in a day. Learn ways to manage your time to more effectivey reach your goas and ive a baanced ife. Through Quadrant Thinking and Roe Focus you wi achieve the ends you most desire. Deaing with Difficut Peope. With pressure increasing in so many areas this wi be a vauabe program for a attending the regiona meetings. Here s a short description of the program. Learn to start with a cear sense of what matters to you, what the other peope s needs are, your wiiness and abiity to address those needs and the options avaiabe to pursue your goas. You can t pease everyone or resove every probem, but with sufficient awareness and fexibiity, you can turn chaenges into opportunities. In addition to the presentations from Dr. Pheps, photography, advertising and media are on the top of the ist. New this year you find a digita petting zoo at some meetings as a way to introduce members to new products on the market that might hep them in their work. Pease go to the CPA website at www. cathoicpress.org to view the entire agenda for each meeting incuding the Academy session. Join us at a Regiona Meeting: Litte Rock, Ark. - Oct Seatte, Wash. - Oct Batimore, Md. - Nov 4-5 Lake Geneva, Wis. - Nov basketba championships, seven of them in a row. In one stretch, Wooden s team won 88 consecutive games, a record that wi never be matched. Through a those games, Wooden sat camy on the bench, a game program roed up in his hand. Recaed sports coumnist Rick Reiy: I asked him once what he thought about coaches in their Armani suites strutting up and down the entire game, coaching every dribbe. I don t understand it, he said. What do they do in practice? Said Sean Gregory of Time magazine: He was a dignified man whose sefessness and pure affection Cathoic Press Association Directory The first notice to update member fies has been sent by emai. The information you ist on the CPA website is used to fow directy onto the pages of the printed directory. Pease take a moment to update your fies. Ca the office at if you have probems with your membership password and Sonya wi give you a hand. This issue of the directory wi be a keepsake centennia issue. It wi contain a timeine of historica events as we as a condensed history of the CPA. Members and affiiates can pace congratuatory statements in the directory. A packet of information was sent to members with order forms and exampes of statements. Hopefuy this wi be a good way for members to support the association and as readers to see the growth of the association. Pease watch for the deadines to make sure your information is up to date and paced correcty. Membership Dues If you have not paid your dues for caendar year 2010 pease find a way to expedite payment so that we too may stay on budget for this fisca year. If you need another invoice, have a concern to share or need some assistance to stay active, pease fee free to contact me at Centennia Funding Program Recenty, a etter was sent to a U.S. bishops asking them to participate in a fund-raising effort for the association. If your bishop asks you about the etter, pease remind him that the funds are intended to estabish a reserve for the association. If you have the opportunity, we hope you wi encourage your bishop to participate. Cathoic Press Month Pans are under way to bring Cathoic Press Month back to ife. A group of committee members wi present some new ideas on heping you promote the vaue of your pubication. With the EDIT YOUR PROFILE HERE Update your directory isting by: visiting sign in using your username and password, cick manage profie, cick edit bio, update your information and make sure to save changes. for his payers shaped the ives of many he encountered. Reiy added: He made me want to be more humbe... He made me want to be more courageous... Wooden made me wish I read more, thought more, istened more.... He made me want to ove more deepy. Great eaders bring out the best in others even those who are not on their teams. And the fact that they re nice peope doesn t hurt them at a. Owen Pheps is author of The Cathoic Vision for Leading Like Jesus, pubished by Our Sunday Visitor. He is director of the Yeshua Cathoic Internationa Leadership Institute, on the facuty of Cardina Stritch University s Coege of Business & Management, and serves as strain of posta increases that our print members are facing, it is important to remind peope of the vaue of the service Cathoic pubications provide. In case you re wondering how Cathoic Press Month was started, the origina idea was proposed in the eary 1900 s by Humphrey J. Desmond of the Cathoic Herad in Miwaukee. His suggestion of an annua Cathoic Press Sunday eventuay deveoped into Cathoic Press Month. Mr. Desmond, by the way, met in Chicago with a group of editors in 1893 to form an association and was one of the charter members of the CPA when it officiay formed in In cosing, I hope you are having a great year and that you have the opportunity to attend a regiona meeting or one of the webinar programs being deveoped for this fa. As aways, pease contact me with any concerns or suggestions you might have. Tim Water P: E: twater@cathoicpress.org communications consutant to the Rockford Diocese. To subscribe to his free newsetter, The Cathoic Leader, or to contact him, visit

4 Page 4 The Cathoic Journaist CPA Southern Regiona Meeting October 20-21, 2010 Litte Rock, Ark. Hands-on Photography: Bring your camera; improve your skis to adapt to any assignment Digita Petting Zoo: Check out the newest gadgets on the market, no credit card required Website Traffic: Learn techniques for increasing viewership Muti-media workshop: Learn to te stories of faith through audio, video and sti pictures Time Management: Scheduing effectivey whie wearing many hats CPA Western Regiona Meeting October 28-29, 2010 Seatte, Wash. Print Buying: RFP writing and ways to save money when working with your printer New Media: Tricks to working socia media into your daiy schedue CPA Midwestern Regiona Meeting November 10-12, 2010 Fontana/Lake Geneva, Wis. Website Content Deveopment: Learn what viewers what to find on your site September 2010 CPA Eastern Regiona Meeting November 3-5, 2010 Batimore, Md. Muti-media Coverage: How to bend media for best coverage Workfow in a Sma Shop: Pane discussion on chaenges and soutions to downsizing Advertising Idea Share: Participants share successes from the past year Making you Advertising Caendar work for you: Adjusting your caendar to reduce peaks and vaey and set the stage for saes Prospecting for Advertising Saes: Start the saes process with panning and practice Buiding Advertising Cient Reationships: Combine customer service, packaging, and added vaue into a dynamic saes presentation Time Management: There is ony so much time in a day. Learn ways to manage your time to more effectivey reach your goas and ive a baanced ife. Through quadrant thinking and roe focus you wi achieve the ends you most desire. Deaing with Difficut Peope: Learn to start with a cear sense of what matters to you, what the other person s needs are, your wiiness and abiity to address those needs and the options avaiabe to pursue your goas. You can t pease everyone or resove every probem, but with sufficient awareness and fexibiity, you can turn chaenges into opportunities. Photography for Reporters: Managing two jobs in one. Tricks and tips to getting the correct shot Pease check for more information as regiona agendas continue to deveop. Lead Like Jesus Parts I & II: Genera session for a participants on Christian-based work techniques Cathoic Academy for Communication Arts Professionas Regiona Meeting Agendas Cathoic Academy Eastern Regiona Meeting November 3, 2010 Batimore, Md. Time Management Separate sessions for editoria & advertising staff Deaing with Difficut Peope Separate sessions for editoria & advertising staff Photography for Editors Parts I & II: Getting best shot, adjusting to assignment & more Website Content Deveopment What viewers ook for Muti-media Event Coverage Bending media for best presentation Advertising chaenges and concerns Roundtabe discussion Successfu Advertising Ideas Participants share successes with faciitator Deaing with Advertising Saes Objections 3 steps to handing objections & practice Spiritua Pick Me Up Genera session for a attendees. Socia Networking Shared Experiences: Discussion on how to use Facebook, Twitter and other toos within the scope of your communication pan. Discussion Pane Things we can t put in writing: This session is designed to present the opportunity to discuss chaenges specific to your position, exchange scenarios and offer successfu soutions. Cathoic vs. Cathoic: Deaing with critica Web sites and boggers. This session wi provide exampes of Cathoic sites and individuas who use the web to criti cize and question bishops, Church positions and ministries. Added Vaue: Paid attendees are invited to participate in a training program offered the foowing day during the Cathoic Press Association meeting. Pease check the schedue for your ocation. Sea of Gaiee Integrating New Media into Diocesan Communication Structures: This presentation wi examine how different demographics use socia media, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. The workshop wi offer panning and strategic recommendations, as we as suggestions on best practices for socia media usage, but wi not incude technica instructions. Request your FREE Israe pigrimage kit today! Cathoic Academy Midwestern Regiona Meeting November 10, 2010 Fontana/Lake Geneva, Wis. Integrating New Media into Diocesan Communication Structures: This presentation wi examine how different demographics use socia media, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. The workshop wi offer panning and strategic recommendations, as we as suggestions on best practices for socia media usage, but wi not incude technica instructions. Socia Networking Shared Experiences: Discussion on how to use Facebook, Twitter and other toos within the scope of your communication pan. Discussion Pane Things we can t put in writing: This session is designed to present the opportunity to discuss chaenges specific to your position, exchange scenarios and offer successfu soutions. Cathoic vs. Cathoic: Deaing with critica Web sites and boggers. This session wi provide exampes of Cathoic sites and individuas who use the web to criticize and question bishops, Church positions and ministries. Added Vaue: Paid attendees are invited to participate in a training program offered the foowing day during the Cathoic Press Association meeting. Pease check the schedue for your ocation.

5 September 2010 The Cathoic Journaist Page 5 Regiona Meetings hote and trave information 2010 Southern Regiona October 20 and 21 Litte Rock, Ark Eastern Regiona November 3-5 Batimore, Md. Meeting: The St. John Center at the Diocese of Litte Rock Hote: St. John Center Retreat House, $30 per night incuding breakfast * Guest rooms wi be coordinated by the CPA. Pease compete the room reservation form. Pease visit for a room reservation form Cut-off Date: Thursday, October 7 (November 3 meeting is for Communication Directors) Meeting: The Brookshire Suites Hote Hote: Brookshire Suites Hote, $99 per night incuding breakfast 120 East Lombard Street, Batimore, MD Ca (866) to secure your room Cut-off Date: Friday, October Western Regiona October 28 and 29 Seatte, Wash Midwestern Regiona November Fontana/Lake Geneva, Wis. Meeting: hed at the Archdiocese of Seatte Hote: Renaissance Seatte, $159 per night 515 Madison Street, Seatte, WA Ca Kara at (206) to secure your room Cut-off Date: Wednesday, September 29 (November 10 meeting is for Communication Directors) Meeting: hed at The Abbey Resort Hote: The Abbey Resort, $99 per night 269 Fontana Bvd., Fontana, WI Ca (800) to secure your room Cut-off Date: Friday, October 8 Taking a eap of faith By Peter Finney Jr. Carion Herad New Oreans, La. The payground side in our neighborhood park in Rockvie Centre, N.Y., had five steps, but to our edest son Peter, then 3 years od, it seemed ike Everest. The first three steps were no probem. But then there was the fourth step. As I stood behind him on the adder, Peter gripped the stee raiing with such pressure that his hands started turning white. His head was just high enough so that his eyes coud peer over the patform atop the side. Instead of seeing the promise of ecstasy and stomach-churning fun, Peter did a quick, innate cacuation. No, this eap of faith just didn t compute. Come on, Peter, just one more step, I peaded, offering what I thought was fathery encouragement. When they want to, kids can transform their bodies into jey. Before I knew it, Peter had sipped through my arms and egs and sithered down the adder, anding feet first on firm ground. He was safe. Terra firma. And now, 23 years ater, in a eap of faith of Oympic proportions, our son is becoming a priest, and I am the one so fabbergasted by what is about to happen that I admit I need some assistance to remain, as an airine fight attendant woud say, in an upright and ocked position. Look for me Juy 10 in the first pew at St. Louis Cathedra. I be the one being propped up by my wife, who has prayed for this day since our kids were itte. She wi be smiing and crying. Me? I have to borrow some of the archbishop s incense for smeing sats. This is a such a mystery to me. You coud ask the famiy of any priest or reigious if the seed of their chid s vocation was panted in pristine soi with just the right amount of water, fertiizer and sun. If we are totay honest, famiy ife often is a garden beset by weeds, rocks and drought. Somehow, through a of our trias and errors perhaps because of a of our mistakes the Hoy Spirit transmitted a spark that ignited a fire down deep in Peter s heart. God is good, a the time. One of the intriguing geneaogica branches of our famiy tree indicates that Father Peter Finney III wi not be the first Father Peter Finney. My grandfather John Finney was one of nine sibings three girs and six boys. One of the boys died at 19, and of the remaining five, John was the ony son who married (which is why I m here today). His four brothers a became Vincentian priests: Thomas (ordained in 1898), Patrick (1899), Peter (1900) and Joseph (1909). After we returned to New Oreans from New York in December 1992, Peter entered third grade at St. Frances Cabrini Schoo and was behind his new cassmates because he didn t know how to write in cursive. Sister Joseph Francis Gavan, a Sister of St. Joseph, spent extra hours with him after schoo so he coud catch up. Peter aways remarked how oving she was to him more water for the seed. Peter served Mass with his three younger sibings. When a four of our chi- Looking on: Peter Finney Jr., his wife Caroyn, mother Deedy Finney and father Peter Finney Sr. dren processed in together one Sunday at Cabrini, that moment jumped to No. 1 on my wife s a-time hit ist. But soon, Juy 10 wi become No. 1 with a buet. Peter has been away in Rome studying for the ast three years, and he wi return after his ordination for one more year of studies in mora theoogy before returning to New Oreans for good. But he has never eft the city. He beeds back-andgod, oves kids and reves in seniors teing him their aches and pains. He enjoys visiting the sick and cutting the rectory grass. He s a great young man, and we pray that God wi use him in unseen ways, maybe ike another Sister Joseph, with her hand guiding his hand, to further the kingdom in sma but monumenta ways. Last August when he was ordained as a transitiona deacon, he waked from St. Francis of Assisi Church to St. Chares Avenue, where he took the streetcar to Cana Street. He waked to the cathedra and, because he was eary, sat down on a bench in Jackson Square. Seeing Peter in his cerics, a street musician with a guitar asked him, Hey, Father, what s the most important thing Jesus wants us to do? Peter repied, I guess it s to ove God with a your heart and to ove your neighbor as yoursef. Right on, right on, the musician said. Yeah, I ike to jam out with different styes of music. I can pay some praise. Can I pay you some praise? When he finished his spiritua, they shook hands and Peter waked over to the Mississippi River. Another man approached and tod him, I betcha I can te you where you got dem shoes. Peter didn t fa for that one. They were panted firmy on the ground. On Decatur Street. Ready to make a eap of faith that woud put Car Lewis to shame. Bess you, Father Peter. Peter Finney Jr. can be reached at pfinney@carionherad.org. This artice was re-printed from the Carion Herad. New Oreans Archbishop Gregory Aymond ordains Father Peter Finney III on Juy 10, 2010, in St. Louis Cathedra (Photo by Frank J. Methe, Carion Herad) af ad

6 Page 6 The Cathoic Journaist September 2010 CPA new members spotight Juy 15, 2010 After carefu review of the recent appications seeking membership in the Cathoic Press Association of the United States and Canada, the Membership Committee and the Board of Directors approved the foowing members. 1. The Vaey Cathoic, San Juan, Texas Estabished in 2009, The Vaey Cathoic is the officia newspaper of the Roman Cathoic Diocese of Brownsvie. As such, it shares in the Church s mission to te the Good News of Jesus Christ in the context of today s word. The Vaey Cathoic is pubished monthy and has a circuation of 10,000. Annua subscription price: Domestic $15; Foreign: $ Midway Press, LTD, Daas, Texas About Midway Press: We operate our business by focusing on three things: First and foremost, we focus on our customers. It is incumbent upon us to understand your needs and expectations to deiver optima resuts. Second, we are constanty seeking process improvements in a facets of our business: IT, pre-press, press, bindery, and maiing departments. Third, we are intent upon deveoping and training our peope in an effort to deiver superior resuts to you - Our Customers. Our Mission: We strive to be recognized by our customers as a provider that is committed to deivering superior quaity and service. Strategies to accompish our mission incude: Utiizing processes, methodoogies, and measurements to deiver high eves of customer satisfaction. Human resources Hiring interns By Karen A. Hurey CPA Deputy Executive Director The headquarter office hired two interns to assist with projects for the Cathoic Media Convention hed in New Oreans ast May. The internship benefited both the office staff and the students. It was an eightweek, non-paid internship earning coege credit. The position required a minimum of 10 hours of work experience per week. The job incuded administrative support and data entry and provided training in program coordination. It focused on the students earning rea word work experience. The internship was ceary defined and benefited the organization and the student. It provided the students with individuaized attention -- the interns were supervised by the paid staff. The supervisor spent time working with the student on job-reated issues, answering basic questions about the profession and the work environment, the career path and other reated topics. The interns were mentored on best practices in customer service and the deveopment of core competency skis. There were informa evauations throughout the internship and a fina assessment from both the professiona staff Investing in technoogies and innovative systems to gain improvements in cyce time, cost reduction, and quaity. As we as motivating, growing, and retaining our peope. 3. The Maximus Group, Atanta, Ga. Inspired by Saint Maximiian Kobe, who effectivey used the media of his day to infuse the voice of Christ into the popuar cuture, The Maximus Group was created to harness modern communication for Christ. Launched on the strength of our performance in heping drive to pivota cutura events of our day the bockbuster movie The Passion of the Christ and the trasition of the papacy from John Pau II to Benedict XVI The Maximus Group has had a significant impact on both the Church and the secuar word. As a speciaized, fu-service communications and marketing agency, The Maximus Group recognizes that it is increasingy difficut to communicate deepy hed vaues and beiefs to a cuture that is becoming more secuarized with each passing day. With a strong concern for the decine of truth and goodness in American cuture, The Maximus Group endeavors to utiize the atest methods of communication and technoogy for our cients to buid bridges between the sacred and the secuar. 4. Cathoic Communications Service (Cameroon Panorama magazine), Cameroon, West Africa Mission Statement: Cathoic Communication Service: After the mind of Jesus Christ and His Church, the Cathoic Communication Service, Buea is concerned with bringing mankind to the knowedge of Christ, and the and the student. The empoyer-intern reationship is a unique one and in most cases both parties benefit from the experience. The empoyer gains reduced abor costs; a benefit in these economic times. They aso gain productivity because interns are capabe individuas ooking to gain experience and earn new skis. They are smart and motivated and have a heightened work ethic because they want the coege credits and a good recommendation. They aso provide new ideas from fresh eyes. Interns gain experience. In order for students to get fu time jobs they need experience. When you give a student their first rea job you are aying the foundation for future opportunities for that person. Students are ooking for resume buiding activities, references and etters of recommendation. Many students are trying to determine what career they want to pursue so internships can hep with their quest. There are some guideines and ega issues empoyers shoud be aware of when hiring interns. Here are some tips on how businesses can avoid ega probems when engaging a student for an internship Training received by the intern must be for his or her benefit. Training must be genera, not for the immediate advantage of the business, and it may even sow norma operations. Interns cannot be used to repace paid empoyees. Interns must be cosey supervised or mentored. Interns can do rea work as ong as they are cosey supervised, are earning and are not necessariy creating a fina product. Both the intern and the business must agree that the internship wi be unpaid. Both parties must agree that no job is promised at the end of the internship. High schoos, technica schoos and coeges can partner with businesses to set up compiant unpaid internships in which the student receives course credit. This ends credibiity to the internship s benefit for the student. Decide beforehand if the business has the time and personne to cosey supervise and mentor an unpaid intern. It is important to foow the empoyer guideines for hiring interns outined by the coege or university. The intern is responsibe for submitting a paper work required by the institution. The two CPA interns were a great asset to the organization; not ony did both parties benefit from the experience but CPA created an environment of camaraderie and incuded the interns in decisionmaking discussions. Next time you need a itte hep around the office you may want to consider hiring an intern. It can be a great experience for a. savation of the human race. Stricty uphoding mora and spiritua vaues, this service expores the various means of socia communication in order to enhance the growth and deveopment of the human person, the human famiy, and society in genera. In procaiming the Gospe in season and out of season, it fosters the dignity of the poor. In the footsteps of her Divine Master, who is the way the truth and the ife, the Cathoic information service uphods the truth at a times, and promotes the cuture of ife through the use of its media outets. Cameroon Panorama: This is a monthy of the diocese of Buea, the primary product of the Cathoic Communication Service. It is one of the odest magazines in Cameroon that has stood the test of time. It is pubished 11 times in a year. It has had renowned editors ike Rt. Rev. Pau Verdzekov, Rt. Rev. Pius S Awa, Mgr. Luke Atang, among others. Christian Cardina Tumi and Rt. Rev Pau Verdzekov are contributors to the magazine. Its interesting coumns revove around Society, Poitics, Know your Faith, Love and Life, and so on. Over 3000 copies are sod every month. 5. David Mis Associate member 6. Michae P. Jones Associate member 7. Kevin Graham Associate member 8. Tracy Rusch Staff member, Cathoic Herad, Miwaukee, Wis. 9. Randy Phiips Staff member 2011 centennia edition of the CPA Directory ( ) As we approach the 2011 centennia year of the Cathoic Press Association pans are under way for the Centennia Edition of the CPA Directory. This keepsake edition wi incude a timeine and miestones in CPA s history. It wi aso incude congratuatory statements in the form of ad pacements from the membership and our industry partners. You are invited to pace a congratuatory ad and te us how ong you ve been affiiated with the Cathoic press and even mention a significant moment in your pubication s history and the CPA. We have pubications that have been members since our inception in 1911 and we are anxious to see their ads. We encourage you to participate in the Centennia Edition of the CPA Directory and we know members are excited about being a part of this specia keepsake edition. Here are a few sampe ads for inspiration. C o n g r a t u a t i o n s CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION for 100 years of service Pubishing since 1844 Proud Member of the CPA Since 1911 The Pittsburgh Cathoic 135 First Avenue, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, Pa (412) Your Company Name Here Congratuations CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION on 100 years of Spreading the Good News Your Company Address Here Phone: Fax: Internet: Congratuations & Gratitude Cathoic Press Association on 100 outstanding years of commitment, eadership and service Pittsburgh Cathoic 135 First Avenue, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, Pa Pubishing since (412) Proud CPA member since Important CPA Directory deadines: October 1, 2010 Compete ad contract and return with payment to the CPA office October 22, 2010 Compete congratuatory artwork emaied to CPA according to sizes provided in the ad contract. For more information contact the headquarter office at (312) or Karen Hurey at KHurey@CathoicPress. org.

7 September 2010 The Cathoic Journaist Page 7 Regiona updates Southern Report Western Report Design Advice By Ed Henninger Henninger Consuting The short and the short of it Compied byrob DeFrancesco, The Cathoic Sun, Western Region Representative and CPA Secretary Compied by Maea Hargett, The Arkansas Cathoic Southern Region Representative Which of these woud you prefer to read? Uness it s a specia package, with photos, graphics, infoboxes and sidebars, the most difficut item to design is a ong story. Actuay, it can t be designed so much as just shoehorned into a page. Overy ong stories are not ony difficut to design; they re aso a turn-off to readers, who fee they just don t have the time to spend on a ong artice. When confronted with a sea of gray text, readers often wi bypass the story. So it s critica for us to search for ways to keep our stories short. Here are some suggestions: Direction: Tak over the story with your reporter before she goes out to cover it. Cover the basics such as the ead, getting names, getting quotes, what her phone cas te her is going to happen at the meeting, etc. And during that quick chat (it need take no more than two or three minutes), hep her to decide a target ength for the report. When she returns from the meeting or event she s been covering, confirm with her that she can sti write to the agreed-upon ength. If she now thinks that s not possibe, find out why. It coud be that the story has taken some new twists and turns and it needs to be onger or shorter. Editing: If your reporter has to write onger than the ength you agreed on earier, that doesn t mean you have to aow the fina piece to grow beyond a reasonabe ength. I don t know of any experienced editor who can t trim a story to the bone and sometimes to the marrow. But cutting a story after it has been written shoud be your ast resort. It takes more time to edit a ong story and you re aso tossing out the time it took the writer to create the parts you ve excised. Segment: If a piece must be onger et s say it s an investigative artice or a centerpiece you ve been working on for a month or so then tak with your writer about ways to break it apart. Rather than one ong piece on five mayora candidates, for exampe, write five separate interviews, each with a photo and an infobox. A map coud show readers where the five candidates reside. Another infobox coud outine the duties of the mayor. Another sidebar (with chart) coud give an eection timeine. Infoboxes: An easy way to shorten a story is to pu information that s not critica (yet interesting) from the story and pace it in an infobox. Exampe: an infobox on a fire story coud incude the square footage of the buiding that burned; time of the 911 ca reporting the fire; response time of the firefighters and number of firefighters invoved; how ong it took for the fire to be brought under contro; a ist of other recent fires in the area, if any. Infoboxes not ony serve to deiver information quicky; they aso are a hook to get readers into the story. Length Limits: This can be a ess-than-desirabe method of controing story ength but it can work we if your writers are aware that no story is to run more than, say, 500 words. The ength imit need not be appied in a cases but your writers wi eventuay become comfortabe with the idea that they need to et you know if they are exceeding the imit or running way short. As the editor of your newspaper, you re a busy person. Having a hande on the ength of your major stories heps you pan your day and your design. Ed Henninger is an independent newspaper consutant and Director of Henninger Consuting. Offering comprehensive newspaper design services incuding redesigns, workshops, design training and design evauations. edh@henningerconsuting.com Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive to the spirit. If you compare yoursef with others, you may become vain and bitter - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise and haste, here are five more words and remember sience. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive to the spirit. If you compare yoursef with others, you may become vain and bitter - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise and haste, here are five more words and remember sience. This story is 2,000 words ong Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive to the spirit. If you compare yoursef with others, you may become vain and bitter - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise and haste, here are five more words and remember sience. This story is ony 1,000 words ong Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession the word is fu of trickery. But et this not bind you to persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere ife is fu of heroism. Be yoursef. Especiay, do be cynica about ove; for in the face of a aridity and disenchantment it is perennia Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings. of fatigue and oneiness. Beyond a whoesome discipine, be gente with yoursef. You are a chid of the universe, no ess than the trees or not it is cear to you, no doubt the universe is unfoding as it shoud. your abors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of ife keep peace with your sou. With a its sham, drudgery is sti a beautifu word. Be cheerfu. Strive to be happy. Go pacidy amid the noise sience. As far as possibe without with a persons. Speak your truth quiety and ceary and isten to others, even the du and ignorant; Avoid oud and aggressive yoursef with others, you - for aways there wi be greater and esser persons than yoursef. Enjoy your achievements as we as your pans. own career, however humbe; it is a rea possession of time. Take kindy the counse of the years, gracefuy spirit to shied you in sudden distress yoursef with imaginings or other things. This story here is ony 500 words ong Arkansas Cathoic now has a regiona advertising representative for the River Vaey and Northwest Arkansas. Michae Young, who ives in Bea Vista, ses advertising in six counties for Arkansas Cathoic and its associated pubications. Mary Anne Castranio, executive editor of The Georgia Buetin in Atanta, reports, Our office manager, Perry Thornhi, has moved to join famiy in Mississippi, and Tina Levitt, our circuation diva, has taken over as office manager. An organization expert, she is busiy ceaning out the nooks and crannies of the GB offices in anticipation of our move to the new Cathoic Center in Atanta eary in Jeannie Petrus, editor of The Church Today in Aexandria, La., reported, The Diocese of Aexandria ceebrated its 100 th anniversary Aug. 6 at St. Francis Xavier Cathedra in Aexandria.The Aug. 6 ceebration was the highight of a year-ong ceebration of our anniversary that is not yet competed. Since January, the diocese has ceebrated major anniversary events in each of the four deaneries. A soemn Mass in December wi cose the year of ceebration. To commemorate the anniversary year, the diocese pubished four books on the Diocese of Aexandria, incuding a history on St. Francis Xavier Cathedra in Aexandria, the Basiica of the Immacuate Conception in Natchitoches, St. Pau Church in Mansura, the Diocese of Aexandria, and a hand-iustrated chidren s book on the history of St. Francis Xavier Cathedra. Petrus aso reported, We recenty had to change our website host, so we decided to re-vamp the website whie we were at it. On a persona note, my daughter had twin boys on March 30, making me a grandma for the third time. She ives in Forida, so I m in the process of paving my own persona road to Panama City right now. Afredo Cardenas has been hired as the new editor of The South Texas Cathoic in Corpus Christi. Joe Hardeman, advertising manager, recenty retired. The B.C. Cathoic s eectronic media are now body going where no B.C. Cathoic has gone before, according to Pau Schratz, editor of the Vancouver Archdiocese s diocesan newspaper. We ve aunched a new beta site that is now waiting for readers visit at he said. The new site wi aow us to put much more oca content up each week, and to do it in a timey fashion. The site is sti being improved, so in the meantime they are inviting readers (and CPA members) to submit their feedback and suggestions through the bug reporter at the top of the page. The person who finds the most bugs (and reports them in the most charitabe manner) wi receive a Starbucks gift card. Meanwhie, The B.C. Cathoic is now fuy engaged in the socia media of Facebook, Twitter and bogging. As they go on our annua three-week summer break, readers can stay on top of things eectronicay with www. bccathoic.ca, The Busy Cathoic Bog at busycathoic.bogspot. com, bccathoic and twitter. com/bccathoic. The Cathoic Northwest Progress wi be switching printers on Aug. 12, said Keri Hake, marketing and advertising manager for the Seatte diocesan newspaper. The Progress strives to remain a first-rate paper for the subscribers and an economicay sound investment for the advertisers, Hake said. With that in mind, The Progress went through an extensive search and bidding process for a new printer. It is not an easy task to find a printer who combines exceent customer service, a ong-term partnership with the Post Office, is cost effective and most importanty, produces a high quaity end product. We were abe to find a of these. Hake said that as a resut, they were abe to reduce their print budget by about $15,000 per fisca year. This is a win-win situation for everyone. CPA wecomes Mary Anne Castrianio, executive editor from The Georgia Buetin to the Board of Directors. Castrianio fis the vacancy created by Maryynn Hewitt s resignation, formery with Michigan Cathoic. The vacancy was fied in accordance with the CPA Byaws Artice VI., Section 5. Vacancies in the Board of Directors sha be fied by majority vote of the Board of Directors then in office. As for vacancies caused by CPA wecomes new board member Mary Anne Castrianio death, resignation, withdrawa or disquaification, there sha be eected to each such vacancy a member from the same category of membership as that of the director whose death, resignation, withdrawa or disquaifications created the vacancy. A director eected to fi a vacancy sha serve unti he next annua meeting of the Association, by which time a successor must be eected to serve the baance of the term. Mary Anne Castrianio represents the newspaper pubisher member category. The board currenty consists of the foowing demographica information. There are 4 women, 10 men, and 4 representatives from the Midwestern region, 5 from the Eastern, 2 from Western and 3 from the Southern. Pease join us in wecoming Mary Anne to the Board of Directors. We ook forward to her eadership. You may contact her at (404) or via emai at mcastranio@georgiabuetin.org. We want to know what is going on in your area! Pease send updates from your pubication to your regiona representative. Southern Region, Maea Hargett, mhargett@dor.org; Western Region, Rob DeFrancesco, rdefrancesco@diocesephoenix.org; Midwest Region, Penny Wiegert, PWiegert@RockfordDiocese.org and Eastern Region, Mark Zimmermann, mark@cathstan.org.

8 Page 8 The Cathoic Journaist September 2010 Cathoic Press Association Ceebrating 100 years of reporting the Good News CPA centennia feature Buiding up to the excitement of CPA s Centennia, , The Cathoic Journaist back cover features a commentary written by a past president of the CPA. In August the Centennia back cover series was aunched with artices by our most recent Past President Bob Zyskowski. Each month the preceding president wi be the featured author of this page during our centennia year. Pictured during the 2005 joint convention of the Cathoic Press Association and the Cathoic Academy in Orando, Fa. (CNS photo/nancy Wiechec) Timeine of Heen Osman s presidency MAY 25-27, 2005 MAY 2004 Heen Osman is eected President of the CPA at the CMC in Washington, D.C. MAY 6, 2005 AUG. 29, 2005 Jesuit Father Tom Reese pubicy announces his resignation as editor-in-chief of America magazine. Cathoic Press Association and the Cathoic Academy for Communication Arts Professionas hod a joint convention, for the first time ever, in Orando, Fa. Hurricane Katrina sams into New Oreans, overwheming the evy system. In the ensuing days, CPA members work to support their coeagues aong the Guf Coast not ony to recover personay, but to continue to provide information to Cathoics in their dioceses. NOV. 30, 2005 Owen McGovern, who had served as CPA s executive director since 1988, resigns during a board meeting in Nashvie, Tenn. The board continues work on a strategic pan for the CPA that incudes re-visioning the organization in a rapidy changing media environment. MAY 23, 2006 The boards of the CPA and the Academy meet to inquire as to how, together, they can better serve the mission they both serve. The meeting is foowed by a joint convention in Nashvie, Tenn., with a record attendance. OCT. 25, 2006 MAY 2007 Robert Zyskowski is instaed as CPA president at the convention in Brookyn. Tom Conway, with a background in professiona organization management, is hired as the CPA s new executive director. Communication and the Cathoic press yesterday and today to the 2005 convention in Orando, it was made pubic that CPA board member, Jesuit Father Thomas Even though my time at Reese, was resigning as the hem of the Cathoic editor of America magazine Press Association was not and, subsequenty, the CPA that ong ago, in some ways board. it seems as if it were decades Athough none of us were ago thanks mainy to a privy to the conversations the progress made since my that Reese had with his departure! superiors, that didn t stop And, yet, many of the isthose attending the convensues which the Association tion in Orando from enterfaced during my presidency ing into a spirited debate are sti reevant today; about the reasons for his just as they were reevant a resignation and what the century ago, when the CPA CPA shoud do about it. was founded. By the end of the coni was certainy a tendervention, the majority of foot when I was eected the members present had president in But decided that they didn t the Vatican and the CPA want to issue a statement, members were quite hepfu but they did want continin toughening me up, when, ued conversation about the barey three weeks prior reationship between the hierarchy and the Cathoic media. Today, we sti want diaogue. The pane of four bishops Canadian and U.S. who spoke By Heen Osman USCCB Washington, D.C. openy about the mistakes of the past and the chaenges of the future at the atest convention in New Oreans coud be seen as part of that ongoing conversation. I m not a tenderfoot anymore, so I know it s no panacea, but at east more of us are taking and there hasn t been an uptick in etters of resignation (as far as I can te). Whie I knew anything invoving media and engaging Jesuits or the Vatican coud be pricky, I have to admit I was surprised by the response to initiatives to make the CPA more digita-friendy. First attempts to aow media outets that were ony onine pubications were viewed with great suspicion by our members. In 2005, media convergence was the buzz word. Before Web 2.0 (aka socia media) overwhemed us, we were trying to understand what it might mean for a news outet to have a presence both in print and onine, perhaps both as a program broadcast on radio and distributed via podcasts. The Internet was not our friend, but the monster at the door who was going to Googe-gobbe us up. We had concerns about Gretchen Keiser, editor of The Georgia Buetin in Atanta, comments on the departure of Jesuit Father Thomas Reese from his position at America magazine during the Cathoic Press Association business meeting at the organization s annua convention in Orando, Fa., May 26. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) how we were going to make any money, if the same content that was being printed for maiing on Friday was aso going on the website this afternoon. Then, of course, aong came Facebook (2004) and YouTube (2005) and Twitter (2006). Socia media is forcing us to re-imagine how peope seek information and how we can best provide them with the news. Now, instead of trying to figure out how to shied our content from the Internet, we re vigorousy pursuing how we can use it to save the traditiona outets of print, radio and broadcast teevision. It s not via advertising (at east not yet), but 500 miion (the number who have a Facebook account) is a potentia circuation we d a ove to engage. And we did change our byaws in 2006 to accept onine-ony pubishers. Facebook, we want you to know we were about networking before networking was ever coo. And, yes, a your Cathoic pages are wecome to join, as ong as they abide by our fair practices standards. Heen Osman, secretary for communications of the U.S. Conference of Cathoic Bishops, served as president of the Cathoic Press Association At the time she was communications director for the Diocese of Austin, Texas, and editor of its diocesan newspaper, the Cathoic Spirit. She is pictured during the Cathoic Press Association board meeting in Brookyn, N.Y., in ate November (CNS photo/nancy Wiechec)