The 100th edition of the Bridges magazine newsletter published quarterly by the Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations (CCCMR) in Blacktown, NSW wins the 2024 Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) Highly Commended award for Best Content – Ecumenical & Interfaith category. The award was presented at the 2024 ACPA Annual Awards Night at Rydges North Sydney on Wednesday, 28 August.
Ajesh Abraham, Web and Social Content Publisher at the Columban Mission Centre has collected the award on behalf of St Columbans Mission Society. Photo: Ryan Maclandag/ACBC
Bridges magazine newsletter reports on the Centre’s activities, provides current news and articles on Christian-Muslim relations and alerts our readers to coming events. Bridges was first published in February 1998 and has been an important part of the Centre’s work ever since. It has provided extraordinary service in interfaith relations, especially Christian-Muslim relations.
Bridges has evolved over the years in content and design. Initially, it provided basic information on Islam and interfaith relations to a church and society that were largely ignorant of these topics. It included resources for discussion and book reviews. It enabled Christians to get to know Islam and Muslims better.
In later years, when people had become familiar with the basics, Bridges became more engaged, with stories of interfaith and Christian-Muslim initiatives from around the world, but always with a view to local implementation. It shows how to go about interfaith dialogue and provides resources. In the early days, Bridges was a basic, black-and-white, Word document, heavy with text. Later advances in technology allowed colour photos and professionally designed layouts that hugely enhanced its appearance.
The 100th edition featured many moving testimonials for this milestone occasion including the Message of H. Em. Miguel Angel Cardinal Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J. Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican City.
Related links
- For 100th edition see Bridges - September 2023
- For more about Bridges see Bridges 100th Issue | (columbanird.org)
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