Dr. Ray Sickinger wins award from National Catholic Press Association
We are proud to congratulate Dr. Ray Sickinger, whose recent biography of Frédéric Ozanam, Antoine Frédéric Ozanam, has been granted the first place book award by the 2018 National Catholic Press Association. One of the members of the prize committee had this to say about Prof. Sickinger’s book: “The workmanship, organization, and use of language made this biography a notable winner for me. In particular, the many facets of this one man and his relationship and role to others both evolved and expanded its influence. Akin to the scientific evolution of a star…it accumulates material which increases the scope of its brightness. In addition, the use of the term systemic change prior to legacy was a potent and illuminating way of describing a person who lived during a time where the term may not have existed. We see him this way now. Some of us understand what a systemic influencer really is. Lastly, the critics comments were an influence as well. Ozanam could very well be the Shakespeare of the indigent”
