Many awards to Catholic Life
The multi-award winning Catholic Life is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Sale.
It has consistently proved to be a leader in its field by being judged the best regional religious publication in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Religious Press Association on three occasions since 2004. It has also won 17 other awards over the past 14 years.
It began as a free tabloid publication in November 1997 as a replacement for a low circulation paid publication, of the same name, which ceased some 18 months earlier.
The name Catholic Life was adopted because is summed up what the newspaper would be about - the life of Catholic parishes and people and those associated with our extensive Catholic school system.
Catholic Life is produced by Colin Coomber of Catholic Media Gippsland. He is the sole employee, who writes the stories, takes photos, sells and makes up the advertisements, does all editing and produces camera-ready pages for the printer. Other duties include being webmaster for this diocesan site and communications officer for the bishop and the various diocesan agencies.
DISTRIBUTION
Catholic Life currently distributes around 15,000 copies every month within Sale Diocese with a free copy going to every family with a child at a Catholic primary school or secondary college. Other copies are available free to be picked up at Masses by those who do not have children within the school system.
The primary distribution area stretches from Phillip Island and the rapidly growing outer Melbourne suburbs of Narre Warren, Hallam and Cranbourne in the west, to the NSW border in the east.
PUBLICATION DATES
Catholic Life is published 11 times a year, generally in the first week of each month, except January. To confirm deadlines please contact the editor.
ADVERTISING
Our advertising rates are highly competitive and offer great value for money with an estimated 45,000 readers every issue.
- Display advertisements
Casual - $7.48 per column centimetre (NB: No extra charge for full color or production)
($7.15 for advertisers who are part of the ATO GST-exempt Catholic network)
Full colour available all pages.
Further discounts are available for regular advertisers, charities and religious orders. - Classified advertisements
Run-on classifieds for $10 minimum for up to 24 words, then $1.10 for every additional six words of part thereof. Photo classieds are the basic lineage rate plus $10. Display classifieds are $8.80 per column centimetre. All classifieds must be paid for before publication. - Inserts
Inserts can be placed in Catholic Life for 9.9 cents a copy which at current circulation is around $1485 for a full run. Generous discounts are available to organisations, which place more than one insert in the calendar year.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Catholic Life is a five column tabloid newspaper with each page being 38cm deep and 26.1cm (62 ems) wide. Each column is 49mm wide and has a 4mm gutter between columns.
AWARD WINNING
Catholic Life has been judged the best regional publication in Australia and New Zealand at the Australasian Religious Press Association award in 2010, 2007 and 2004. It was runner-up in 2005 and 2008.
It has also enjoyed success in the annual Australasian Catholic Press Association awards where it has been judged best regional publication in 2006, 2004, 1998 and 1997. It was highly commended in 2002.
In August 2004 Catholic Life achieved the rare, possibly unique, distinction of being judged to be the best regional publication in Australia and New Zealand by both the Australasian Religious Press Association and Australasian Catholic Press Association. It is the only time that a single publication has won both prestigious regional awards in the one year.
It has also received several other awards and high commendations in other categories at both the ARPA and ACPA awards, including best front page and best feature story. At the 2009 ACPA awards in Sydney, an article by editor Colin Coomber about his parents losing their home to the Black Saturday bushfires on his father's 85th birthday won the award for Best Feature Story.
SUBSCRIPTIONS (posted monthly)
Australia $25, Pacific/South East Asia $35, Rest of World $45
Subscription period July-June. Please contact for pro-rata rate.
NEED TO KNOW MORE?
For further information on submitting articles, advertising or quotes please contact the editor at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone (03) 5144 6132 or fax (03) 5144 3855.
