Ignatius Press

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Ignatius Press
Parent company
Guadalupe Associates
Founded1978
FounderJoseph Fessio
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationSan Francisco
DistributionMidpoint Trade Books[1]
Nonfiction topicsCatholic Church
Official websiteignatius.com

Ignatius Press is a

San Francisco, California
, in the United States.

It was founded in 1978 by Father

Jesuit order, it is the primary English-language publisher of the works of Pope Benedict XVI, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, Robert Cardinal Sarah, Peter Kreeft, Adrienne von Speyr, Robert Spitzer
, and others.

In an interview in 1998, Fessio said Ignatius Press's objective "is to support the teachings of the Church".[2] The Press also produces The Catholic World Report, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Ignatius Insight and the blog Ignatius Insight Scoop.

History

Fr. Joseph Fessio founded the St. Ignatius Institute

European
theologians.

The first book Ignatius Press published was a translation of Louis Bouyer's Woman in the Church in 1979.[5] This was followed the same year by a translation of Hans Urs von Balthasar's Heart of the World.[6]

In October 2014, leading up to the Synod on the Family, Ignatius Press sent over 100 copies of a book countering suggestions to permit divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receive communion. Fessio later said that the books never reached the bishops, suggesting they had been stolen from the mailboxes. A Vatican spokesman denied the allegation.[7]

Ignatius Press has a full list of publications with a number of new offerings each spring and fall. Among the reprints it has issued are works by

formal equivalence
.

In 2014, Ignatius Press entered into a distribution agreement with the

Archdiocese of San Francisco) and Lighthouse Catholic Media to publish an annual congregational missal that is fully consistent with the directives of the apostolic constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Explore Our Publishers". Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  2. AD2000. Archived from the original
    on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  3. ^ Lattin, Don and Fernandez, Elizabeth (March 28, 2001) "Pope's Help Sought in Theology Clash at USF", San Francisco Chronicle
  4. GuideStar
  5. ISBN 9780898700022
  6. ISBN 9780898700015
  7. ^ Associated Press (February 27, 2015) "Ignatius Press Catholic Publisher Claims Book Thief Stole Books From Bishops' Vatican Mailboxes" HuffPost
  8. ^ Fessio, Joseph "A Message from Fr. Fessio" Ignatius Press

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