Aurora Prize Awards Presentation

Oct 10, 2021 | Events and Awards

The $1.1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity honors unsung heroes working to preserve human life at great personal risk. Dr. Tom Catena was the 2017 Aurora Prize laureate.  In 2018, in addition to his ongoing responsibilities as Medical Director of the... Read more

Dr. Tom Catena Receives Doctor of the Year Award

Nov 6, 2018 | Events and Awards, Events and Screenings, Features, Meet Tom Catena

Dr. Tom was just awarded the 2018 Catholic Doctor of the Year award, from the Mission Doctors Association in Los Angeles. “Since 1959, the Mission Doctors Association has trained, sent and supported Catholic doctors and their families who come from across the... Read more

Catholics in Media Associates Awards The Heart of Nuba

Mar 27, 2018 | Activism, Events and Awards, Events and Screenings, Features, Great Moments

On March 16 Catholics In Media Associates (CIMA), the Catholic-peer association for the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, presented Kenneth A. Carlson, Director/Producer, and Maria Shriver, Executive Producer with the 2018 CIMA Social Justice Award in Anaheim on... Read more

Dr.Tom Catena — 2017 Aurora Prize Laureate

May 30, 2017 | Activism, Events and Awards, Events and Screenings, Great Moments, Meet Tom Catena

The $1 Million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity was awarded tonight to Dr. Tom Catena, a Catholic missionary from Amsterdam, New York who has saved thousands of lives as the sole doctor permanently based in Sudan’s war-ravaged Nuba Mountains where humanitarian aid... Read more