Contact: Erin McClellan, 503-460-5363, erinm@ocp.org; Kelcee Marcum, 503-460-5358, kelceem@ocp.org; both with OCP 

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 31 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Saturday, August 28th, OCP and spiritandsong.com artists took the top honor in 8 categories at the tenth annual Unity Awards, presented by the United Catholic Music and Video Association. The event was held at Southside Victory Church in Calgary, Alberta CA. Tom Booth, spiritandsong.com artist and 2010 Unity Award winner, performed "You Stand Knocking" from his album Captured during the award show.

OCP proudly congratulates its 2010 Unity Award recipients:

Female Vocalist of the Year
Sarah Hart

Artist of the Year
Matt Maher

Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year
"Alive Again" - Matt Maher

Praise and Worship Song of the Year
"You Stand Knocking" - Tom Booth

Spanish Song of the Year
"Un Canto Nuevo" - Santiago Fernandez

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
Alive Again - Matt Maher
SaintSongs - Sarah Hart

Devotional Album of the Year
SaintSong - Sarah Hart

Spanish Album of the Year
Un Canto Nuevo - Santiago Fernandez

Additional acknowledgments
OCP and spiritandsong.com also congratulate Greg Walton and Ceili Rain as 2010 Unity Award Recipients. Greg has worked with spiritandsong.com on several projects. His song, "King of My Heart" appears in Choose Christ and Spirit and Song 2 -- both OCP publications. Ceili Rain's Change in Your Pocket (2004) continues to be one of OCP's most inspiring and popular albums.

More information on all listed artists and music is available at ocp.org. For photo and interview requests, please contact Erin McClellan at erinm@ocp.org or 503-460-5363.

About OCP
OCP, a not-for-profit publisher of liturgical music and worship resources based in Portland, Oregon, has been in operation for more than 80 years. Worship materials produced by OCP are used in two-thirds of Catholic churches in the United States and are distributed worldwide. More information is available at 1-800-548-8749 and ocp.org.