'austraLasia' #37
MEDIA AWARD
FLAME IN THE SLUM BAGS MULTIMEDIA INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Two other nominations receive special mention
by C. M. Paul, sdb
CALCUTTA (22 January) -- Nominations by the
Salesian Provincial Delegate for Social Communications
Calcutta for the Multimedia International award 1997
received one award and two special mentions.
"Flame in the Slum" an audio cassette of 10 songs on
Mother Teresa by Fr. Jacob Iruppakkattu of Nitika
bagged the award for the best entry in the audio
category.
"The topic of the cassette was timely; the music was of
a very high standard and overall the cassette was well
produced," remarked the Rome based MI Award Committee
wishing the cassette wide circulation. The prestigious
MI Award consists of a certificate.
While another Nitika production: "The Hem of His Garment"
by Fr. Peter Lourdes of Nitika received special mention
for its excellent reflections and prayers, "The
Salesian News Calcutta" edited by Fr. Dominic
Kolpurath was appreciated for its content and layout.
"We had more entries than ever this year," said
Sr. Teresa McGlinchey IBVM, one of the MI Award
committee members.
"The entries submitted this year were of a very high
standard, she added.
Multimedia International founded by Fr. Bamberger SJ
in 1970, is a voluntary organization of Religious
Congregations and similar groups in Rome for the
effective use of media in evangelization. Nominees
in the Print, Broadcast, Audio-visual, Audio,
Advertisement, Scripts and Pinoeering Projects
categories are judged on the significance of their
contribution in the field of evangelization and media.
The first ever Web site entry to MI Award 1997 was
"Bosconet", an internet rapid news exchange service
for the Asia-Australia region submitted by Australian
Salesian Fr. Julian Fox.
