MANILA Archbishop and Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) honorary chairman Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle will be among the special guests at the 41st CMMA presentation on Nov. 13 (Wednesday) at the GSIS Theater, GSIS Headquarters, Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City.
In a special message for the 41st CMMA, Tagle congratulated this year’s winners and recognized the CMMA’s purpose of honoring and encouraging the work of many media practitioners who have promoted Christian values in their use of mass media. “These remarkable men and women have shown us how social communications media can be used responsibly to facilitate the encounter between persons,” he said.
Expounding on the CMMA theme this year – We are members one of another (Eph 4, 25). From social network communities to human communities – he enjoined communicators to use social media in promoting authentic human communities. Tagle echoed Pope Francis’s message for World Social Communications Day, whose theme gave CMMA its own theme for this year.
Established in 1978 by Jaime L. Cardinal Sin, then Archbishop of Manila, the CMMA is the means by which the Archdiocese of Manila recognizes “those who are serving God through the mass media.” It has become a tradition and a prestigious event joined by some of the country’s most respected personalities in the fields of television, radio, print media, music, cinema, the Internet, as well as by students from various academic institutions vying for the Student CMMA.
The CMMA held a year-long round of activities to mark its 40th anniversary last year. These were led by a fund-raising “Dinner With the Cardinal” featuring a musical concert where leading Filipino soprano Rachelle Gerodias and her husband, Korean baritone Byeong-in Park, sang several well-loved Philippine classics. There were also special presentations by top popular singers and talented church-based musical artists like The Singing Priests and prize-winning parish choirs.
The event raised funds for a Soup Kitchen for the Poor, held by the CMMA in cooperation with the Santisima Trinidad Parish in Malate, Manila, for the benefit of residents of the parish community.
The year-long celebration culminates with the CMMA 2019 presentation on Nov. 13.
Aside from Tagle, the CMMA is also headed by D. Edgard A. Cabangon as acting chairman of the CMMA Foundation board of trustees, and Rev. Fr. Rufino C. Sescon Jr. as executive director.
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