The
Florida Catholic newspaper is the
official news organization for six of the seven dioceses in the
Ecclesiastical Province of Miami. Based in Orlando, FL, the
newspaper publishes, 26 times a year, editions that include local,
state, national and international Catholic news. Circulation in the
six dioceses totals 138,080.
Other articles discuss faith issues and highlight specific schools,
ministries or parish activities. The Bishop of each Florida Diocese
offers a personal message to subscribers in their diocese on
current events or faith subjects. An online version of the
newspaper offers the most recent edition as well as an archive of
past articles and bishop's messages.
History
The paper was first published as a weekly in Miami in 1939. It
moved to St. Augustine in 1942. It moved to Orlando about 1952. In
1958 it is replaced by the
The Voice only in the Miami
diocese for the next 32 years.
In 1959
the paper moved to the Orlando
suburb of
Winter
Park
.
In 1972, the paper changed its format from broadsheet to
tabloid.
In 1984, the
Diocese of
Pensacola-Tallahassee began publishing their own version of the
newspaper.
In 1990, the paper absorbed
The Voice published by the
Archdiocese of Miami and began serving that area. The addition of
Miami gives the paper a circulation of 140,000 and serving six out
of the seven dioceses in the state.
In 1993, specific local sections were generated for each
diocese.
In 2003, it was discovered that a bookkeeper had embezzled money
totaling a large sum over decades. The bookkeeper was charged with
grand theft and the editor felt obliged to resign. This resulted in
an abbreviated publishing schedule for several years until losses
could be recouped.
In 2004, the Catholic Press Association selected the paper to
receive the Bishop
John
England Award for First Amendment rights, freedom of the press
and/or freedom of religion.
In 2008, the paper is published for the final time in the St.
Petersburg Diocese. It begins production of a new publication for
that diocese,
Gathered, Nourished, Sent. The same year it
begins publishing bi-weekly.
Editors
- Father Vincent Smith ?-1965
- Father David Page 1965-1990
- Henry Libersat 1990-1999
- Steven Paradis 1999-2003
- Denise O'Toole Kelly 2003-
Footnotes
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accessed September 27, 2007
- Newspapers accessed March 14, 2008
- Non-current Catholic newspapers accessed March
14, 2008
- Orlando Sentinel accessed March 14, 2008
- Florida Catholic Conference accessed March 14,
2008
- Orlando Sentinel accessed March 14, 2008
- Hard to verify. Not known if there was intervening editor.
Title apparently changed.
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