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The Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle, Catholic Archbishop of Accra on Thursday observed that obedience, discipline and perseverance are moral tools that must be mastered by mankind to ensure successful life. He said through discipline anybody could realise his or her dream. Most Rev. Palmer-Buckle made the observation at the Eighth Nuncio Trophy Award ceremony organised by the Catholic Standard, a national Catholic Weekly. The programme which is dedicated to the youth is meant to kindle their interest in reading. He said the best the youth could give humanity was service in the profession of their choice. "Preserve yourselves and serve humanity in humility," he said He said children must be mindful of what they read since the media was replete of many obnoxious materials. "You live in a very turbulent media ocean with all kinds of poisonous elements," he stressed. Sir T.K. Obeng Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Catholic Standard Newspaper and Magazines Limited said the ceremony was not only to develop the reading interest of the youth but also keep them abreast of the Catholic faith and current events of the church both locally and internationally. He said management of the paper would organise a quiz competition for catholic students in the second cycle and tertiary institutions. Sir Obeng announced that a trophy for the quiz programme has been donated by Mrs. Theresa Kufuor, former First Lady of. Mr. Callistus Kwesi Bismarck, Chairman of the Ghana National Catholic Youth Council urged the Catholic Standard to address the issues confronting the youth especial in the area of employment, spiritual growth, financial security, academic excellence and emotional stability. He said Catholic Standard should create creative ways of packaging news items in order to draw the attention of the youth. Most Reverend Gabriel Mante, Bishop of Jasikan who chaired the event said children must cultivate the habit of reading especially at a time that the electronic media had dominated the media landscape. "We must as a people reject the adage that when you want to some thing from an African then put it into a book." The national overall award went to the Good Shepherd Parish Catholic Church Tema Community for being the highest subscriber for the year and took home a trophy and a plague while Queen of Peace Parish, Madina and Corpus Christi Sakumono came second and third respectively. Other categories awarded were leading writers, columnist, vendors and promoters. Since the institution of the award in 2001 St. Margaret Mary Parish, Dansoman -Accra had taken it four consecutive times, followed by St. Joseph the Worker Community Eight Tema while Corpus Christi Sakumono had won it twice.