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The Christopher Prayer
67th Annual
Christopher Awards
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
—attributed to St. Francis of Assisi
The Christophers
5 Hanover Sq., 22nd Fl.
New York, NY 10004
212-759-4050
Fax: 212-838-5073
www.christophers.org
Thursday, May 19, 2016
“It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
- Christopher motto -
Celebrating films,
TV programs & books
that affirm the
highest values
of the human spirit.
Christopher Awards
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RECEPTION 6 p.m.
AWARDS CEREMONY 7 p.m.
WELCOME
Father Jonathan Morris
The Christophers
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Tom Leopold
Comedy Writer, (Bob Hope, “Cheers,” “Seinfeld”)
CAT EG O R IES & PR ESENT ER S
Books for Adults
Books for Young People
Feature Films
TV & Cable Programs
Tony Aiello
Joan Bauer
Joan Bauer
Kathie Lee Gifford
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Kathie Lee Gifford
Tony Aiello
Christopher Spirit Award
When Calls the Heart
Life Achievement Award
Ernie Anastos
Please join us at the After-Party immediately following the Awards presentation!
Photos: Paul Schneck
Welcome 2016
by Tony Rossi, Director of Communications
& Program Manager, The Christopher Awards
“The destiny of the world is
determined less by the battles
that are lost and won than
by the stories it loves and
believes in,”said author and
Faith
Love
Courage
Teamwork
English professor Dr. Harold Clarke Goddard.
Well, the stories and storytellers we honor
tonight have done their part in moving that
destiny in a positive direction by highlighting
the great things that can be accomplished when
we choose to practice faith, love, courage, and
teamwork.
In the TV/Cable category, ABC News 20/20: Escaping
ISIS follows 189 Iraqi Christians as they find safe haven
from terrorists in a Catholic Church in Erbil, Iraq; in America
ReFramed: If You Build It, two architectural designers move
to North Carolina’s poorest county and use creative educational techniques to teach high school students how to
transform their lives and community; Dolly Parton’s Coat
of Many Colors brings the entertainer’s classic song to life
in a story that addresses working through grief, bullying,
and the power of family; The Jim Gaffigan Show: My Friend
the Priest finds the comedian feeling comically uncomfortable
because his friendly parish priest tags along with him
wherever he goes; and Tashi and the Monk takes us to the
Himalayas where a Buddhist monk has created a home for
abused, neglected and orphaned children.
In the Feature Film category, Creed lands a knockout
punch with its story of aspiring boxer Adonis Creed and his
mentor Rocky Balboa as they pursue victory in the ring and
in life; a South Korean pastor gives abandoned, disabled
babies a loving home in The Drop Box; stranded on Mars because his fellow astronauts believe he’s dead, Mark Watney
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uses science and determination to keep himself alive until he can be rescued
in The Martian; and in Room, the powerful love between a mother and son
sustain them through the years they’re held in captivity by a kidnapper and the
hardships that arise after they return home.
The Books for Adults category features Five Years in Heaven, in which
John Schlimm chronicles his friendship with an 87-year-old nun whose kindness
and wisdom led him to renewed hope, faith, and purpose in life; The Gift of Caring
is a heartfelt memoir of a daughter supporting her aging parents through their
medical problems—and an empowering handbook on navigating the perils of
the healthcare system; New York City’s first African American police officer,
Samuel Battle, maintains his dignity and principles in the face of racism in the
biography One Righteous Man; U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, who lost
all his limbs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan, fights through a painful rehabilitation in Tough As They Come; Joseph Kim documents his journey from starvation
and homelessness in North Korea to his new life in the United States in Under
the Same Sky; and The Wind in the Reeds highlights the family values and
community that inspired actor Wendell Pierce to help rebuild his New Orleans
hometown after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation.
In the Books for Young People category, a community where neighbors
don’t talk to each other undergoes a positive transformation after a child’s act of
kindness in One Good Deed; a young woman opens her heart and home to a
boy who’s never celebrated Christmas in the fact-based An Invisible Thread
Christmas Story; Poet presents the inspiring biography of George Moses Horton, a slave who taught himself to read and became the first southern African
American man to be published; a third-grader donates the 40-pound cabbage
she grew in her backyard to a local soup kitchen, and launches a national
youth movement to end hunger in the true story Katie’s Cabbage; Firefly Hollow
presents a tale of friendship and courage about a lonely boy who befriends a
firefly and cricket with seemingly-impossible dreams; a birthday card for a
fellow Auschwitz inmate becomes an act of defiance and statement of hope
for two Jewish young women in the novel Paper Hearts.
In addition, our special Award winners – “When Calls the Heart” and Ernie Anastos –
are profiled on separate pages of this program book.
The one thing all these stories have in common is
that they affirm the highest values of the human spirit.
The Christophers are grateful for that because our world
needs those values to guide us toward a better tomorrow.
Photo: Tony Rossi of The Christophers with
“Blue Bloods” star, Len Cariou
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Books for Adults
Our Presenters
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
Tom Leopold
2014 Christopher Spirit
Award Winner,
Comedy Writer
(Bob Hope, “Cheers,”
“Seinfeld”)
Tony Aiello
Reporter, WCBS-TV,
New York
Joan Bauer
Author, Two-Time
Christopher Award
Winner (Books for
Young People)
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by John Schlimm
The Gift of Caring:
Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare
(Taylor Trade Publishing/Rowman & Littlefield)
by Marcy Cottrell Houle, MS, and
Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH
(Beacon Press)
by Arthur Browne
Tough As They Come
The Christophers
Father James Keller, a Maryknoll priest who believed
that every individual has the power and responsibility
to change the world for the better, founded The
Christophers in 1945. He created the Christopher
Awards in 1949 because he understood that the arts,
media, and popular culture had the power to influence
millions of people. When we’re exposed to books, films
and TV programs that shine a light on our struggles
as well as virtues like faith, courage, hope and love,
we’re subtly nudged toward becoming better people.
(Image Books/Crown Publishing)
Samuel Battle and the Shattering
of the Color Line in New York
Rev. Jonathan Morris
Co-Host of NBC-TV’s
Today Show
The Unlikely Friendship That Answered
Life’s Greatest Questions
One Righteous Man:
“It’s Better
to Light One
Candle Than
to Curse the
Darkness”
Kathie Lee Gifford
Five Years in Heaven:
(Convergent Books/Crown Publishing)
by SSG Travis Mills
with Marcus Brotherton
Under the Same Sky:
From Starvation in North Korea
to Salvation in America
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
by Joseph Kim with Stephan Talty
The Wind in the Reeds:
A Storm, a Play, and the City
That Would Not Be Broken
(Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House)
by Wendell Pierce
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Preschool and Up
One Good Deed
(Kar-Ben Publishing)
by Terri Fields, illustrated by Deborah Melmon
Kindergarten and Up
An Invisible Thread Christmas Story
(Little Simon/Simon & Schuster)
by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski,
illustrated by Barry Root
Ages 6 and Up
Poet:
The Remarkable Story of
George Moses Horton
(Peachtree Publishers)
by Don Tate
Ages 8 and Up
Katie’s Cabbage
(Young Palmetto Books/University of South Carolina Press)
by Katie Stagliano with Michelle H. Martin,
illustrated by Karen Heid
Ages 10 and Up
Firefly Hollow
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Christopher Denise
Young Adult
Paper Hearts
(Margaret K. McElderry Books/
Simon & Schuster)
by Meg Wiviott
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Christopher Spirit Award
Books for Young People
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
When Calls the Heart
by Tony Rossi, The Christophers
“Radical” may not be a word that you’d
associate with a TV series on the Hallmark
Channel, yet it perfectly describes “When
Calls the Heart.” The show’s radical nature
doesn’t stem from its pushing the envelope
on edgy content, however, but rather from its embrace of stories that an entire family can watch together—a rarity in this day and age.
Created by executive producers Michael Landon
Jr., Brian Bird, and Brad Krevoy—and supported
by Hallmark Channel president and CEO
Bill Abbott and Executive V.P. of Programming
and Network Publicity, Michelle Vicary —“When
Calls the Heart” was inspired by the Janette
Oke novel of the same name, and stars
Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Lori Loughlin, and
Jack Wagner. It takes place in 1910, and tells
the story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Krakow), a
young teacher who gets assigned to the frontier town Hope Valley, where residents are
good-hearted people with a deep sense of
community.
Community is also at the heart of the show’s
success: namely, the online fanbase known as
“Hearties.” Their tweeting during each episode has set social media records
for Hallmark Channel programming and continues to win the show more and
more viewers.
Why does “When Calls the Heart” resonate with so many people? Series
star Krakow believes that it has to do with characters who are role models
and the fact that there are lessons to be discussed and learned from each
episode. Loughlin, who plays Abigail Stanton, notes, “As a mom, the need for
family-friendly entertainment on television is paramount.”
Executive producer Brian Bird sums it up, explaining, “The goal is to tell universal stories with themes like forgiveness, redemption, sacrifice, courage,
and banding together to help one another. The characters on our show reflect
those virtues and hopefully make a lasting impression on our viewers.”
For appealing to the “better angels of our nature”
and reflecting the ideal that “it’s better to light one
candle than to curse the darkness,” The Christophers
are happy to honor “When Calls the Heart” with our
2016 Christopher Spirit Award.
(Photos: Copyright 2016 Crown Media United States,
LLC/Photographer: Eike Schroter)
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Feature Films
FEATURE FILMS
Creed
(Warner Bros., MGM, New Line)
Director: Ryan Coogler
Screenwriters: Ryan Coogler,
Aaron Covington
Producers: Irwin Winkler, Robert
Chartoff, Charles Winkler, William
Chartoff, David Winkler, Kevin KingTempleton, Sylvester Stallone
Executive Producer: Nicolas Stern
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The Christophers would like to thank all who aim to make a
difference in our world, especially the winning directors,
producers, writers, illustrators, photographers, distributors,
publishers, publicists and the following people:
Diamond Donors
(Arbella Studios/Focus on the Family)
Director: Brian Ivie
Producers: Will Tober, Sarah Choi, Sam
Jo, Dane Smith, Steve Kim
Executive Producers: John Shepherd,
David Segel, Tina Segel
Francine O’Neill and Mark Jackson
John O’Neill
David and Caroline Rahill
Reich Communications, Inc.
The Martian
Room
(20th Century Fox)
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenwriter: Drew Goddard
Producers: Mark Huffam, Simon
Kinberg, Michael Schaefer, Ridley
Scott, Aditya Sood
Executive Producer: Drew Goddard
(A24 Films)
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Screenwriter: Emma Donoghue
Producers: Ed Guiney p.g.a., David Gross
Executive Producers: Andrew Lowe, Emma
Donoghue, Jesse Shapira, Jeff Arkuss, David
Kosse, Rose Garnett, Tessa Ross
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And the following friends...
Margaret & Dale Ames
Joan & Evan Bauer
John Blair
Diana Bosch
Margie Bresko
Dorothy & John Bruno
Children’s & Young Adult
Librarians, Finkelstein
Memorial Library
Jim Collins
Patricia and Kevin Conway
Gerald J. Dunworth
Lynn Girardi
Arturo Guerrero
Jennifer Guiliani
Pam Hammond
Sarah E. Holinski
Janet E. Hunt
William Lee Kinnally
Annmarie Mauro
Maryteresa McKenna
Joanne McPortland
Elizabeth Murphy
Pamela J. Nelson
Patty & Tom O’Connor
Kate O’Hare
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Robert V. Okulski
Rita A. O’Neill
Barbara Newington
Tom O’Rourke
Marianna Panetta
Linda Porto
Mary Ellen Robinson
Tony Rossi
Yaneza Santos
Dave Sambora
Nance Schick
...and all of our Donors,
Friends and Advertisers
TV & CABLE
TV and Cable
TV and Cable
TV & CABLE
ABC News 20/20:
Escaping ISIS
(ABC News)
Producer: Denise Martinez-Ramundo
Senior Producers: Muriel Pearson, Miguel Sancho, Terri Lichstein
Anchor/Correspondent: Elizabeth Vargas
Senior Executive Producer: David Sloan
America ReFramed:
If You Build It
(World Channel)
Director: Patrick Creadon
Producers: Christine O’Malley,
Neal Baer, M.D.
Host: Natasha Del Toro
Series Producer: Carmen L. Vicencio
Series Executive Producers:
Chris Hastings, Simon Kilmurry
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Dolly Parton’s
Coat of Many Colors
(NBC)
Director: Stephen Herek
Writer: Pamela K. Long
Producer: Hudson Hickman
Executive Producers:
Sam Haskell, Pamela K.
Long, Dolly Parton
The Jim Gaffigan Show:
My Friend the Priest
(TV Land)
Director: Steven Tsuchida
Writers: Jim Gaffigan,
Jeannie Gaffigan
Producer: David Bausch
Executive Producers: Jim Gaffigan,
Jeannie Gaffigan, Jeff Lowell, Alex Murray, Sandy
Wernick, Tony Hernandez, Michael Wimer
Tashi and the Monk
(HBO)
Directors: Andrew Hinton and Johnny Burke
Producer: Andrew Hinton
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Life Achievement
Ernie Anastos
by Tony Rossi,The Christophers
At age 10, Ernie Anastos pretended to be a radio
announcer in the basement of his family’s New
Hampshire home. That childhood dream led him to
become an award-winning television news anchor
who is well-loved and respected by his peers and millions of fans. As such, The Christophers are happy to
recognize Ernie with our 2016 Life Achievement Award.
1978 marked the beginning of
Ernie’s career in New York, first at
WABC-TV, then WCBS-TV, and most
recently, FOX 5 News. He has interviewed everyone from Mickey Mantle
to Mikhail Gorbachev. And with
nearly four decades of work under
his belt, his accolades are numerous. They include more than 30 Emmy Awards and nominations, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and a place in the
New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
In an industry that often focuses on the negative, Ernie takes a different
approach. He once told interviewer Bob Nesoff, “I look at issues and problems
that I report on with a sense of finding solutions and a belief that we can
make things better. It’s called ‘hope.’”
Ernie’s willingness to help out charitable causes is second to none. Proceeds
for his children’s book, “Ernie and the Big Newz,” for instance, were donated
to The Make-A-Wish Foundation. Ernie also cites the importance of his faith,
family, and Greek heritage. His grandfather was one of the first Greek Orthodox priests in the United States.
The spiritual (and ecumenical) part of Ernie’s
soul led him to develop close ties with the
Catholic Archdiocese of New York, including
organizations such as The Christophers and
Catholic Charities. In addition, Ernie cherishes
his longtime friendship with former Director of
The Christophers Father John Catoir.
If you get to know Ernie, it’s obvious that this
devoted husband and father has his priorities straight—and they’re priorities
from which we can all learn. As he once told interviewer Markos Papadatos,
“I feel successful because I have a family that I love and people who respect
my work, and a sense of purpose in my life. Most important is my faith in God.
After that, everything else falls into place.”
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Testimonials
from Christopher Award winners
“I love the Christopher Award slogan, ‘Better to light a candle than to curse
the darkness.’ I personally believe that with all my heart. I think the movie,
‘Coat of Many Colors,’ a true story from my childhood, really does throw a
light on a lot of things like family, hope, love, kindness, understanding, and
acceptance. It really spoke to the issue of bullying. I am very proud at how
God works through me to shine a light, and to help heal a lot of hurt in a
lot of people, and I am very proud of this award.”
- Dolly Parton, executive producer of “Coat of Many Colors”
“Receiving the Christopher Award for our first Here’s Hank book, ‘Bookmarks
Are People Too,’ was such a meaningful acknowledgment of our commitment
to getting reluctant readers to pick up a book and laugh their way through it.
We believe laughter is the perfect light switch to illuminate a child’s path into
literature. We were honored and grateful to have been chosen and will continue to support the belief that reading and education can lead us all from
darkness to light.”
- Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver, co-authors of
“Here’s Hank: Bookmarks Are People Too!”
“Winning any award is humbling and amazing, but winning the Christopher
Award just feels the best. That this show means so much to people, and that
the message of hope and courage really comes through, is special for us.”
- Andrew Kreisberg, Writer/Executive Producer of “The Flash: Pilot”
“When I won a Christopher Award for my book ‘Wings for My Flight,’ my
daughters were so young that my husband John couldn't go with me to New
York for the awards ceremony. He stayed home and babysat. But I got to do
something I never dreamed: I got to take my parents to NYC and to the
1992 Christopher Awards ceremony! It was one of the most meaningful
nights in our lives, and I was so proud to be able to share it with my
mom and dad! Well: fast forward. Now this Christopher Award is for a
book, ‘The Gift of Caring,’ about those parents I loved. And this time,
John and my daughters will be able to come and share the ceremony
with me. (And I know my parents will be looking down and smiling
from above!)”
- Marcy Cottrell Houle, co-author of “The Gift of Caring”
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2016 Christophers’
High School Poster Contest Winners
We Congratulate
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Nicole Smith
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Tanner L. Dubois
Hamshire Fannett
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Hamshire, TX
High school baseball
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United Refining Company
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THE CHRISTOPHERS
“It’s better to light one candle
than to curse the darkness.”
Over 70 Years of Making a Difference
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gerald M. Costello
Rev. Msgr. Peter G. Finn
John F. Flaherty
Patrick McLaughlin
Robert V. Okulski
Mary Ellen Robinson
Edward Dougherty, M.M.
OFFICERS
John F. Flaherty
Chairman
Robert V. Okulski
President/Treasurer
Christopher credo
CHRISTOPHER AWARDS STAFF
Tony Rossi
Director of Communications,
Program Manager
Jennifer Guiliani
Database Administrator
Lynn Girardi
On-Stage Presenter
Sarah E. Holinski
Powerpoint Presentation
Youth Coordinator
Greeters
John Bruno, Jim Collins,
Lynn Girardi, Sarah E. Holinski,
Maryteresa McKenna
Mary Ellen Robinson
Vice President/COO/
Secretary
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Advertising
Diana Bosch
Design
Lynn Girardi/ Art Director
Event Photography
Paul Schneck
Piano
Bob Egan
Printing
Cosmos Communications
Bill Delaney
Public Relations
Reich Communications &
Jeanne-Marie Byington
Website
James Narkiewicz
Hope
Yaneza Santos
Assistant Secretary
Finance Manager
Special thanks to our host
for the evening
Mutual of America
Hope looks for the good in people
instead of harping on the worst.
Hope opens doors
where despair closes them.
Hope draws its power from a
deep trust in God and the basic
goodness of human nature.
Hope regards problems,
small or large, as opportunities.
Hope pushes ahead
when it would be easy to quit.
Hope “lights a candle” instead
of “cursing the darkness.”
The Christophers, a nonprofit organization
founded in 1945 by Maryknoll Father James
Keller, uses broadcast and print media to spotlight individuals working to change the world
for the better. In addition to producing the
weekly radio program,“Christopher Closeup,”
The Christophers syndicate radio spots; publish
inspirational News Notes; and distribute “Light
One Candle,” a syndicated weekly newspaper
column. They also sponsor a Youth Awards
program and Leadership course.
The Christophers
5 Hanover Square, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
By Father James Keller, M.M.
Founder of The Christophers
Tel 212 759 4050 Fax 212 838 5073
www.christophers.org
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