austraLasia #872
'We have no home': Best Editorial Award, Aus Salesian
Bulletin
PERTH: 6th Sept '04 -- Australian Salesian Bulletin
editor, Fr. Frank Freeman, has earned yet another award for his work, this
time for his editorial 'We have no home'. The award was given by the
Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) at its annual convention held,
this year, in the West Australian capital city of Perth.
The award citation reads thus:
"The
issue of illegal immigrants/ refugees/ asylum seekers has divided
Australia.
The author writes with passion and
powerfully as he is confronted by the reality of brave and daring people caged
behind a "high steel fence". He
is a witness to mothers and men in "unsandalled feet" treated as criminals. The
author looks today's edge-livers
in the eye, sees their despair and asks why
Australia
cannot find a more humane system for dealing with these
people, He presents in simple terms a case for the "tradition of Christian love"
to soften hearts and minds."
Fr. Freeman is no stranger to awards for the quality of writing and
editorial direction of the Australian Salesian Bulletin over many years
now. For a number of years he was also an executive member of
ACPA.
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