Carl Peters, award-winning Catholic journalist

Over the past 32 years, Carl Peters, former Managing Editor, has been honored by the Catholic Press (now Catholic Media) Association for his work. Here are just some of the accolades he has received:

Best Personality Profile (Non Weekly Diocesan Newspaper, Circulation 25,001 or More)

First Place: “A Young Woman Others See As ‘A Holy Person’” (2020)

Third Place: Longtime Diocesan CFO (2019)

Best Editorial on a Local Issue (17,001-40,000 circulation diocesan paper)

First Place: Something of the Eternal, Painted with Bright Colors (2001)

Best Coverage: Immigration Package

Second Place: “At An Immigration Hearing in Trenton, 1947” (2020)

Best Reporting on Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate (Non-Weekly Diocesan Newspaper, Circulation 25,001 or More)

Second Place: “Priestly Vocations in Challenging Times” (2019)

Best Regular Column

Third Place: Commentary by Carl Peters (2019)

Honorable Mention: Commentary by Carl Peters (2018)

Best Photo-Illustration

Third Place: “Seeking a New Vision for Camden” (2013)

Best Headline

Honorable Mention: “The 4 year-old, the Sharpie, and the Expensive Table” (2021)

Honorable Mention: “For Theater Lovers, All the Diocese’s a Stage” (2021)

Honorable Mention: “The Diocese Soccer Cup Runneth Over” (2020)

Honorable Mention: “God’s Thunderous Voice in a Quiet Room” (2019)

Second Place: “Freshly Painted Fences Make Good Neighbors” (2018)

Third Place: “Blest are the Tail Waggers” (2017)

Honorable Mention: “White Smoke on the Silver Screen” (2014)

Honorable Mention: “On the Eighth Day, the Contractors Will Rest” (2006)

In addition, Peters and staff won first place, public service weekly division, for “Clergy sexual abuse: the diocesan response” from the Philadelphia Press Association in 2002.