By Ms. Glady Ramos
Manila, Philippines, November 4, 2015 - After winning Best Entertainment Column for five straight years from 2010 to 2014, Fr. Bernard ‘Drans’ Nolasco’s “Between the Lines” was elevated to the Hall of Fame at the 37th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA). The Salesian priest gratefully received his trophy last November 4, 2015 at the Star Theater in Pasay City.
The CMMA grants the Hall of Fame Award to “excellent mass media works, rooted in Filipino and Christian values, that have been proven to stand the test of time.” Fr. Drans’ much-loved column in the youth magazine Word & Life met that criteria, mixing pop/rock music with spiritual reflections that can be profound in its simplicity, and refreshing in its take on hit songs like “Titanium,” “Best Day of My Life,” and even “Turning Tables.”
The Award is doubly special for the Salesians as they celebrate this year the 200th Birth Anniversary of their beloved founder, St. John Bosco, who is known as the “Father and Teacher of Youth.” Don Bosco revolutionized the education system during his time with his emphasis on reason, religion, and loving kindness instead of the widely-used system of stern discipline and punishment. The saint also wrote and published various materials like newsletters, biographies, plays, prayers, reflections, and history books.
FAMILY MATTERS won the 2015 Catholic Mass Media Award (CMMA) as Best Family-Oriented Magazine last November 4. This family magazine is being published by Don Bosco Press, Inc in cooperation with the Commission on Social Communciations (FIN). It is being subscribed by schools for their students as supplemental reading material for their Christian and Values Education. We serve the Church in every home through this magazine.
We hope that more schools take this magazine as their students' supplementary reading material in their Christan and Values Education; and that this magazine may enter more homes through the students who read its valuable contents with their families.
