Catholic Media Association Author of the Year 2025
Father Paul Turner, Pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, MO, won the award for Author of the Year at the 2025 Catholic Media Association Awards on June 27. His book, Sacred Times, offers a practical guide on the General Roman Calendar and Table of Liturgical Days that explains how it came to be and why these celebrations matter. Find his book at litpress.org
The FDLC McManus Award
The Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions awarded its prestigious Frederick R. McManus Award to Father Paul Turner. Father Turner is a priest of the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph and a noted scholar on the liturgy. He is past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy and a prolific writer of books and articles. This award particularly recognized his outstanding contributions to dioceses, presbyterates, and parishes, as they prepared for the new English translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal.
To read Paul’s acceptance remarks, follow this link. To learn about previous recipients, follow this link.
The NPM Jubilate Deo Award
This award has been presented annually since 1996 by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians to honor a person who has made a significant contribution to the worship life of Catholics in the United States.
Click here to view current and past recipients.
Resolution – Missouri House of Representatives
On becoming the Ecumenical Officer for the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph.
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Book Awards
Sacred Times – 2025 Association of Catholic Publishers tied for Second Place Award, Resources for Liturgy
In Sacred Times, Paul Turner offers a practical guide on the General Roman Calendar and Table of Liturgical Days that explains how it came to be and why these celebrations matter.
Sacred Times – 2025 Catholic Media Association First Place Award, Reference — Academic Studies
In Sacred Times, Paul Turner offers a practical guide on the General Roman Calendar and Table of Liturgical Days that explains how it came to be and why these celebrations matter.
Eucharistic Reservation – 2025 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Liturgy or Worship
In eucharistic adoration, the faithful spend time in the presence of Christ, who in turn is present to them. In communion services, the faithful unable to participate in the sacrifice of the Mass can still receive its fruit.
Eucharistic Reservation – 2025 Catholic Media Association Honorable Mention, Church Professional
In eucharistic adoration, the faithful spend time in the presence of Christ, who in turn is present to them. In communion services, the faithful unable to participate in the sacrifice of the Mass can still receive its fruit.
Words without Alloy – 2023 Catholic Media Association Honorable Mention, Liturgy
Why do we have the readings we have on the days we have them? Roman Catholics enjoy the rotation of readings from the Lectionary for Mass because they offer a rich presentation of the Bible, anchor the Liturgy of the Word, and provide a source of private meditation.
Ars Celebrandi – 2022 Catholic Media Association first place award in church professional
Presiding over the liturgy takes more than following instructions. Good presiding is artful presiding. It is knowledgeable and inspirational. It faithfully grasps the church’s heritage and gives it personal expression.
Sacred Oils – 2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in liturgy
The Catholic Church uses three different sacred oils in some of its most solemn ceremonies: the baptism of children, confirmation, the anointing of the sick, the ordination of a priest, the ordination of a bishop, and the dedication of a church and altar.
New Church, New Altar – 2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in liturgy
The dedication of a new church or altar is a rare event that too few Catholic faithful and clergy are privileged to experience. When it happens, people have questions about the history, spirituality, and practical aspects of this amazing liturgy.
The Stations of the Cross – 2021 Catholic Media Association Award honorable mention award in pastoral ministry – parish life
The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All invites a wounded church to contemplate the passion and death of Jesus through the experience of clerical abuse survivors. This one-of-a-kind resource is written and illustrated by priests to foster healing amidst the destruction committed by their brothers.
Who’s Mass Is It? – 2016 Catholic Press Association Book Awards – Honorable Mention, Liturgy.
When changes happen to the Catholic Mass, opinions are strong and diverse. Everyone feels in some way that the Mass is theirs. It is. Or is it? Whose Mass is it? And what should people do to claim it?
In These or Similar Words – 2015 CPA Book Awards. Honorable Mention, Liturgy.
In this resource for clergy, renowned author Father Paul Turner examines sections in the revised translation of The Roman Missal that allows the celebrant to either follow the prescribed text or to use “similar words” of his own.
Pastoral Companion to the Roman Missal – 2012 CPA Award. First Place. Liturgy.
This is the essential companion to the English translation of The Roman Missal. Father Paul Turner walks you through the entrance and Communion songs, collects, prayers over the gifts, and post-Communion prayers for Sundays and solemnities.
Let us Pray – 2007 CPA Awards Honorable Mention. Best Book on Liturgy.
Since its initial publication in 2006, Paul Turner’s Let Us Pray has become a valuable resource for understanding, planning, and celebrating the Eucharist.
Hallelujah Highway – 2001 CPA Awards Third Place. Liturgy.
Christian initiation is a journey marked with the teachings, rituals, actions, and songs of faith–a Hallelujah highway, one might say.
Ministry Monday – 2021 Top Episode
The Exsultet, the sacred chant sung at the start of the Easter Vigil, is such a distinct moment in the Triduum journey: covered in darkness, punctuated by candlelight, the Exsultet is a 9-minute chant prefacing what is about to happen in the Easter Vigil liturgy: Christ, returning “from death’s domain”, grants us all eternal life through His resurrection. It is to begin.
