Inaugurated in honor of the Ascension Presents YouTube channel hitting 1 million subscribers, Ascension’s Truth and Beauty Awards celebrate Catholic video creators who share the transformative power of the Gospel online.
Ascension has announced 4 winners for its inaugural Truth and Beauty Awards, an initiative developed to celebrate excellence among individual Catholic content creators.
“As Ascension Presents marked 1 million subscribers, we wanted to ‘share the mic’ with up and coming Catholic video creators,” explains Lauren Joyce, PR and Communications Manager for Ascension. “So many passionate and talented evangelists have partnered with us over the years to build our own faith-based platform, so we wanted to honor the talent and creativity of the Catholic online community as we celebrated this important milestone.”
The 4 winners are:
- Short form: Jayden Remias (IG @JaydenRemias)
- Short form: Nicole Jones, Digital Media Manager for the Diocese of Baton Rouge (IG @DioceseBR)
- Long form: Randall Williams (YT @IronInquisitor)
- Long form: Pete Dill (YT @BackSeat-Media)

Winners will receive a variety of prizes, including $500 to invest in their media equipment, a commemorative plaque, having their channel honored in Ascension media coverage, and having their videos viewed by the Ascension team and Fr. Mike Schmitz.
5 finalists were also honored in this year’s competition. Finalist names and all winning videos can be viewed here.
The Truth and Beauty Awards were established to mark 1 million subscribers for the Ascension Presents YouTube channel, one of the most important Catholic YouTube channels in English. Ascension hit this milestone in November 2024, nearly a decade after the channel’s debut video in 2015.
About the Truth and Beauty Awards
The Truth and Beauty Awards were established by Ascension in 2024 to mark 1 million subscribers for the Ascension Presents YouTube channel. Designed to celebrate individual Catholic content creators, the Truth and Beauty Awards recognize evangelists who are sharing the transformative power of the Gospel with excellence on social media. Winners and finalists are listed here.
About Ascension
Ascension is a multimedia network and the leader in Catholic faith formation and digital content. Over the past 25 years, Ascension has helped nurture the faith of over 20 million Catholics through award-winning books, the chart-topping Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)® podcast, more than 50 unique faith formation programs, and the Ascension Presents media and YouTube platforms.