Texas Catholic Historical Society journal
wins three Catholic Press Association Awards

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Catholic Southwest: A Journal of History and Culture, the journal of the Texas Catholic Historical Society, was the recent recipient of three Catholic Press Association Awards, presented at the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada's annual national convention in Minneapolis.
Catholic Southwest received all three awards given for "Best Article Originating With the Magazine-Scholarly," bringing to 26 the total number of national awards -- mostly from the Catholic Press Association -- that the journal has received. This is the first time one publication has taken all three prizes in a particular category.
The three articles include first place recipient "The Champion of Zapata: Fr. Edward Bastien and the Fight for Just Compensation," by María F. Rollin, a Spanish instructor at Laredo Community College; second place recipient "'Cathedrals of the Desert' and 'Sermons in Stone': Fray Angelico Chavez' Contributions to Hispano Church Architecture in New Mexico," by Ellen McCracken, Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California at Santa Barbara; and third place recipient"Music and Popular Religiosity in Northern New Spain," by Kristin Dutcher Mann, doctoral candidate in Latin American history at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.
The work of Catholic Southwest embodies the Texas Catholic Historical Society's commitment to a constant search for historical truth in regards to recovering America's Catholic legacy. All of the approximately 50 articles that the journal has published since its establishment in 1990 (then called The Journal of Texas Catholic History and Culture) have contributed in one aspect or another to this end.
Laredo historian Dr. José Robert Juarez is a consulting editor with Catholic Southwest.
The Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada has a membership of over 700 Catholic newspapers, magazines, and journals.
Those interested in receiving Catholic Southwest may do so by joining the Texas Catholic Historical Society. Contact the Texas Catholic Historical Society at 1625 Rutherford Lane, Bldg. D, Austin, TX 78754-5105. For information, please phone Lisa Freeman at (512) 339-9882.