AWARDS TO PREDA, FR. SHAY 
BETINHO PRIZE. Preda was shortlisted for the 2000 Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Betinho Communications Prize because of the website www.preda.org and the use of the internet for human rights campaign.
WEIMAR HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD. Fr. Shay received the 2000 Human Rights Award of the City of Weimar. He visited Weimar in January 2001 to attend the second civic reception and to acknowledge the human rights award. He was back in Weimar from September 29 to October 2, 2002 for public presentations and speech before the city council.
CONFERENCE IN EDMONTON. Fr. Shay visited Alberta during the first week of May 2000 as the keynote speaker at the Pre2000 conference on human rights and on the environment held from May 1-7, 2000. During this time, members of SJSTC had the opportunity to meet with him at the University of Alberta, home of Hank and Tillie Zyp and at the apartment of Terence and Laurie Smyth.
NOBEL 2001 NOMINATION. In 2000, Fr. Shay was nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize by Scots MPs Nigel Griffiths who was minister for small business and arms control in the cabinet of Tony Blair. German MPs Mrs. Karen Koffmann and Peter Weiss followed in nominating him for the 2001 Prize.
Still in 2001, he received the Premio Citta di Ferrara from the Associazione Gruppo Ferrara based in Italy. Fr. Shay personally received this award in April 2001 in Italy.
NOBEL 2003 NOMINATION. On September 20, 2002 Christa Nickels, German MP nominated Fr. Shay for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.
On October 3, 2002 Canadian MP Hon. David Kilgour of Edmonton Southeast nominated Fr. Shay for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 2003, Fr. Shay was awarded the first Prix Caritas by Caritas Switzerland, an award top be given yearly ´to a personality who is working in a social, inter-cultural field or in the international cooperation area.¡ It was given to Preda ´in honour of its initiatives and extraordinary engagement for children in need.
Fr. Shay personally received the Prix Caritas presented by Jurg Krummenascher of Caritas Switzerland in the Kultur-and-Kongresszentrum (KKL) in Luzern, Switzerland on July 10, 2003.
A film about children's rights campaigner, Fr Shay Cullen has been won the Radharc Award 2004. Entitled 'Fr Shay Cullen: Taking a Stand' and produced by Annette Kinne Andec Communications, the documentary was filmed on location in the Philippines, Germany, Britain and Ireland.
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