POSTED: 10/31/2025 | PRESS RELEASES

Guatemala to plant sustainable gardens and fruit trees.

HUNTINGTON, Indiana (OSV) — Cross Catholic Outreach and Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. (OSV) have announced a new partnership with the release of OSV’s 2026 Vacation Bible School (VBS) program, “Rainforest Falls.” Together, the two organizations will engage VBS participants across the country to help Guatemalan families improve their lives through an agricultural project that provides seeds, fruit trees, and gardening supplies.

Each Rainforest Falls participant’s family will be invited to contribute $26.10 to Cross Catholic Outreach, which is enough to provide 10 fruit trees to Guatemalan families. The initiative responds to an urgent need: In many rural areas of Guatemala, diets consist primarily of corn and beans. UNICEF reports that about half of the nation’s children under age 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition, a devastating problem made worse by the lack of dietary diversity.

Cross Catholic Outreach is a Vatican-endorsed Catholic global relief and development ministry. Along with its Catholic ministry partners in Guatemala, Cross Catholic Outreach will use the funds donated by Rainforest Falls participants to equip 375 families with sustainable gardens and 100 families with fruit trees. These efforts will improve food security and strengthen faith, inviting families to deepen their Catholic spirituality by participating in small groups, receiving the sacraments and encountering Christ in a transformative way.

“Partnering with OSV’s Rainforest Falls VBS allows us to connect children and families in the U.S. with their brothers and sisters in Guatemala,” said Michele Sagarino, president of Cross Catholic Outreach. “This project is about planting hope and showing that even small acts of love can bear fruit for generations.”

This year’s Rainforest Falls VBS theme encourages children to see God’s presence in creation and live out their faith through acts of compassion. Through the charity partnership with Cross Catholic Outreach, participants will experience how their generosity can make a tangible difference for families in need while learning that caring for God’s creation also means caring for one another.

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ABOUT CROSS CATHOLIC OUTREACH AND CROSSCATHOLIC.ORG

Based in Florida, Cross Catholic Outreach is an official Catholic nonprofit 501(c)(3) relief and development ministry that, since its founding in 2001, has provided over $4.8 billion in aid to help “the poorest of the poor” in more than 90 developing countries. In addition to providing material aid such as food, medicine and shelter, Cross Catholic Outreach supports ongoing programs in partnership with local Catholic priests, religious sisters and lay missionaries to meet other critical needs. It is recognized among Forbes’ Top 100 U.S. Charities and earned Candid’s 2025 Platinum Seal of Transparency. For more information, visit CrossCatholic.org or call 800-914-2420.

ABOUT OSV

As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From daily and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes, and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 08/14/2025 | PRESS RELEASES

HUNTINGTON, Indiana (OSV) — Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) announced today that it will conclude its periodical publishing operations, with the exception of L’Osservatore Romano, as part of a strategic shift in response to changing readership patterns and the rapidly evolving media landscape. Periodicals being sunset include OSV Kids, The Priest, The Deacon, and Our Sunday Visitor magazine.

In 2024, OSV transitioned Our Sunday Visitor from a weekly newspaper into a monthly Catholic lifestyle magazine and, for the past year, has delivered inspiring, high-quality content to thousands of Catholics. The October 2025 issue will be its final one.

OSV Kids concludes its publication with the September 2025 issue. The Priest will publish its last issue in December 2025. The Deacon will end its OSV run with the November/December 2025 issue.

“These publications have been an integral part of OSV’s mission for more than a century,” said Kyle Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer of OSV. “As we look to the future of OSV, Archbishop John Francis Noll’s vision to serve the Church through faithful, relevant, and accessible Catholic content continues. Today, that mission is being refocused and redirected into OSV News, our book publishing, curriculum products, parish resources, and other initiatives that champion the Catholic Church for the glory of God and the salvation of souls in a rapidly changing world.”

Founded in 1912 by Archbishop Noll, OSV has published Our Sunday Visitor, along with The Priest, The Deacon, and OSV Kids, with the contributions of hundreds of staff members and thousands of writers, photographers, and illustrators. Together, they have helped form the faith of millions of Catholics worldwide for more than a century.

“With today’s announcement, the flagship publication for which OSV was named has come to an end, but the legacy of Our Sunday Visitor and the other three publications — the legacy of Archbishop Noll and of all of those who have worked tirelessly to create them — will spread its ripples down through the ages,” said Scott P. Richert, Publisher of OSV. “In this new era, OSV and its many collaborators will continue to serve the Church in new and innovative ways in order to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.”

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ABOUT OSV

As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From daily and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes, and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 05/09/2025 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, April 21, 2025 – The board of directors, senior leadership, and staff of Our Sunday Visitor (OSV), in union with the Catholic Church around the world and especially here in the United States, rejoices in the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th occupant of the Chair of Saint Peter, and prays for the success of his pontificate.

Pope Francis was a shepherd of compassion, a witness to mercy, and a tireless advocate for the poor and marginalized. Like the reigns of his immediate predecessors, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II, his pontificate was marked by a call to encounter, dialogue, and missionary discipleship — reminding the Church of her evangelical heart and urging all people to go to the peripheries with the light of Christ.

“When Fr. John Francis Noll founded Our Sunday Visitor in Huntington, Indiana, in 1912, I am sure he would have been delighted to know that, a little over a century later, the College of Cardinals would elect a pope not just from America, but from the heartland of the Midwest,” said OSV CEO Kyle Hamilton. “Through OSV’s unique publishing agreements with the Vatican and the USCCB, we look forward to bringing the writings of Pope Leo XIV to Catholics in the United States and beyond.”

“For the first American pope to take the name of Leo at this moment in history seems providential,” noted OSV Publisher Scott P. Richert. “The Church in the United States strongly embraced the social teaching of Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Rerum Novarum, creating more just economic and political institutions nationwide, while also experiencing massive growth in numbers and influence in America in the first half of the 20th century. Let us pray that Pope Leo XIV inspires a similar resurgence today in the Church in the United States, which is already growing as a result of the National Eucharistic Revival.”

On May 16, OSV Books will release Pope Leo XIV, the first and most comprehensive introduction to the 267th pope, which also details the global challenges Pope Leo faces in succeeding Pope Francis as Bishop of Rome. Written by Jesús Colina, a prominent Spanish journalist based in Rome, Pope Leo XIV can be preordered on orderosv.com.

OSV invites the faithful to visit the websites for OSV News, the premier Catholic news service in the United States, and Our Sunday Visitor magazine for comprehensive coverage of, and thoughtful reflection on, this historic moment in the life of the Church, leading up to Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass on May 18. Visit www.OSVNews.com and www.OurSundayVisitor.com for ongoing updates.

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ABOUT OSV

As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From daily and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes, and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 04/21/2025 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, April 21, 2025 – With deep sorrow and profound gratitude, the board of directors, senior leadership, and staff of Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) join the Church and the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, the 266th successor of St. Peter. His Holiness died at 7:35 AM Rome time on April 21, having served as the Bishop of Rome since 2013.

Pope Francis was a shepherd of compassion, a witness to mercy, and a tireless advocate for the poor and marginalized. Like the reigns of his immediate predecessors, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II, his pontificate was marked by a call to encounter, dialogue, and missionary discipleship — reminding the Church of her evangelical heart and urging all people to go to the peripheries with the light of Christ.

As the premier Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV is honored to have played a role in amplifying the Holy Father’s voice. As the North American publisher of the English-language edition of L’Osservatore Romano and through our joint publication with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) of his papal documents, apostolic exhortations, encyclicals, and several bestselling books —including Laudato Si’, Fratelli Tutti, Evangelii Gaudium, and his most recent encyclical, Dilexit Nos — OSV has faithfully sought to bring Pope Francis’s teachings to Catholics across the country and around the world.

“Our hearts are heavy today,” said Kyle Hamilton, CEO of OSV. “Pope Francis embodied the mercy of God and the hope of the Gospel in a deeply personal and pastoral way. His words and witness will continue to shape the Church for generations. We are humbled to have been a small part of his mission through our publishing ministry.”

“In a pontificate marked by memorable moments, none was more iconic than Pope Francis standing alone in a rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering an Urbi et Orbi blessing to an empty piazza — and to the entire world,” recalled Scott P. Richert, Publisher for OSV. “In the face of fear and uncertainty, the Holy Father reminded us that we are never alone, for Christ is always with us. That image will remain etched in the heart of the Church for generations, and it captures so much of who Pope Francis was: a pastor close to the people, speaking not only to Catholics but to every person searching for light in darkness.”

“We are fortunate to have Jason Deuterman lead the Institute into the future. He has the enthusiasm and creative drive that is needed to strengthen the Church and to lead the Institute into the future,” said Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne South Bend and Chair of the Board at OSV. “I am confident that Jason will continue to build on the Institute’s accomplishments in recent years.”

Our Sunday Visitor invites the faithful to follow OSV News and Our Sunday Visitor magazine for comprehensive coverage and thoughtful analysis of this historic moment in the life of the Church — including reporting on Pope Francis’s passing, his funeral, and the coming conclave. Visit www.OSVNews.com and www.OurSundayVisitor.com for ongoing updates as the Church prepares to elect the next successor of St. Peter.

The board of directors, senior leadership, and staff of OSV extend our prayers to the College of Cardinals as they prepare for the coming conclave, and to the faithful throughout the world as we enter together this time of mourning and remembrance.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.

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About OSV: As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From weekly and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century and will continue to listen to customers’ needs today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 06/20/2024 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, June 20, 2024 – OSV announces a change in leadership with the appointment of Jason Deuterman to the role of Executive Director of the OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation. Jason brings deep experience in leadership, innovation, and change management with a focus specifically on the Catholic Church. His knowledge and dedication will help the Institute continue to evolve and implement new directions to help the Church.

Jason Deuterman comes into this role highly regarded inside and outside of OSV. Jason joined OSV in 2021 as the Director of Strategic Consulting and Innovation Design. Jason endeavors to champion a Church on mission that is more curious, more empathetic, more creative, and tenacious enough to take risks for the sake of the Gospel. He most recently has been leading human-centered design in dioceses, universities, and non-profit organizations around the country.

“We are pleased that Jason Deuterman will be continuing to lead the evolution of the OSV Institute,” says Kyle Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer at OSV. “The organization continues to evolve, and change based on the needs of the Church and Jason brings great experience and wisdom to the role as the new Executive Director.”

Prior to joining OSV, Jason served as the Director of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries for the Catholic Diocese of Dallas where he architected and nurtured strategic ministry initiatives, impacting more than seventy parishes within the diocese.

“We are fortunate to have Jason Deuterman lead the Institute into the future. He has the enthusiasm and creative drive that is needed to strengthen the Church and to lead the Institute into the future,” said Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne South Bend and Chair of the Board at OSV. “I am confident that Jason will continue to build on the Institute’s accomplishments in recent years.”

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About OSV: As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From weekly and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century and will continue to listen to customers’ needs today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 07/06/2022 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, July 6, 2022 – One of the oldest and most trusted names in Catholic media in the United States, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. (OSV) announced today that it will launch OSV News, a new Catholic news service, on January 1, 2023. Subscribers to the new service will access OSV News at CatholicNews.com, the current site of Catholic News Service (CNS). The announcement was made by OSV Publisher Scott P. Richert at the annual Catholic Media Conference in Portland, Oregon.

“After the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops decided to bring the domestic operations of Catholic News Service to a close at the end of 2022,” Richert said, “we started talks with the USCCB and have reached an agreement to acquire rights to the platform that CNS uses to produce and distribute its content. Current subscribers to CNS who sign up for OSV News before the end of the year will have a seamless experience as CNS closes its domestic news service on December 31 and OSV News launches on the same site the very next day.”

OSV News will provide national and international news, analysis, editorials, commentary, and features from a Catholic perspective every day. In addition to original OSV News content and an ever-growing library of materials from OSV’s periodicals and websites, OSV News will feature articles from a wide range of content partners, including the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communications and Aleteia, the world’s largest Catholic website. (A full list of content partners will be released later this year.) OSV will also collaborate closely with an extensive network of Catholic diocesan publications to syndicate their content through OSV News.

Beyond a rebranding and a redesign of CatholicNews.com, the tools that subscribers to CNS currently use will remain the same. All new content from CNS Rome (which will continue to operate independently of OSV) will be available to subscribers of OSV News. (For dioceses or episcopal conferences who do not subscribe to OSV News, free access to new CNS Rome content will be provided by the USCCB, as the USCCB promised when it announced the closing of CNS’s domestic operations.)

OSV will also be acquiring all of the digital archives owned by CNS, along with rights to existing and future content from CNS Rome and certain third parties, and will provide access to those for subscribers to OSV News. “The digital archives of CNS are of great importance, both historically and as background for Catholic journalists working today,” Richert said. “It is essential that they remain available on the same platform that thousands of Catholic media professionals use every day.”

Subscription pricing for OSV News will be announced in September. “We understand the financial pressures that Catholic publications face today,” Richert said, “so we are working to make OSV News as affordable as possible, while not compromising the quantity and quality of content offered through our service.”

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (and chairman of the board of directors of OSV) declared, “I am very happy and grateful that OSV will provide this important service for the Church in our country, continuing the great legacy that Archbishop John Francis Noll began more than a century ago.”

OSV was founded in 1912 by Fr. John Francis Noll. Its flagship publication, Our Sunday Visitor, has been published weekly for 110 years. Noll, who became bishop of what is now the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and was later named an honorary archbishop for his service to the Catholic media in the United States and internationally, was an early supporter of CNS and of the Catholic Press Association (now the Catholic Media Association). In the mid-20th century, OSV was instrumental in helping numerous dioceses establish their own newspapers, many of which were printed in OSV’s current Huntington, Indiana, headquarters.

“OSV’s long history of support for a robust Catholic press made our decision to launch OSV News not only obvious but necessary,” Richert said. “In a world that is desperately hungry for the truth, a vibrant Catholic media is needed now more than ever. OSV News is the concrete symbol of our commitment to innovate and collaborate with our fellow members of the Catholic press to bring about a new renaissance in Catholic media—and a brighter future for the Catholic Church in the United States and beyond.”

To be notified when subscription pricing and other details about OSV News are available, go to OSV.com/OSVNews.

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About OSV: As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From weekly and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century and will continue to listen to customers’ needs today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 05/16/2022 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, May 16, 2022 – OSV announces the purchase of Mission Pathways, LLC, a mission-focused software company based in Ann Arbor, MI. Mission Pathways serves the Catholic Church, providing software tools to help parishes and dioceses build thriving communities.

Before founding Mission Pathways, the Mission Pathways team witnessed first-hand the frustration of dedicated staff and volunteers working without integrated tools to welcome guests, guide growing disciples, and identify new leaders. The Mission Pathways Mission Suite was developed in answer to these expressed needs. Leveraging team members’ cumulative experiences gained from designing, implementing, and supporting software for more than 8,000 parishes and 90 Arch/dioceses globally over the last 20 years, the Mission Suite empowers parishes and dioceses to accompany individuals from an initial encounter with Christ to become growing missionary disciples.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Mission Pathways team and add their products to OSV’s portfolio of solutions,” states Kyle Hamilton, CEO of Our Sunday Visitor. “OSV has been working for more than a century to champion the Catholic Church and more recently providing technology solutions to serve individuals, families, parishes and dioceses across the country. The Mission Pathways team has listened to the needs of the Church and provided solutions in a very similar way. Together we feel we can provide even more solutions and serve in new ways.”

Mike Cusick – President and CEO of Mission Pathways – will join the OSV team and lead the technical sales team. “We could not be more pleased to join OSV, an organization that listens to customers, innovates, and serves. The OSV leadership team is committed to continuing to evolve solutions for today’s fast-changing environment, and we are excited to be part of the OSV team.”

Mission Pathways customers will be served by the combined companies. The integration of the existing Mission Pathways solutions with OSV Products will take place over time. The combined companies will continue to adapt to the changing needs of customers with innovative solutions.

About OSV: As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From weekly and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century and will continue to listen to customers’ needs today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.osv.com.

About Mission Pathways: Mission Pathways exists to ignite parish renewal. The team has a combined experience of over 50 years serving the Catholic Church through technology. They are active in evangelization and discipleship at their churches, sit on church leadership boards, and work with organizations at the forefront of evangelization and discipleship coaching. The team is passionate about helping parishes thrive. And to support the parish and diocesan staff and volunteers in building missionary disciples who provide time, talent, and treasure to their parishes. Learn more at www.mission-pathways.com.

POSTED: 11/17/2021 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, November 17, 2021 – OSV (Our Sunday Visitor) announces a commitment to a four-year, $1 million dollar grant to support the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ new Eucharistic Revival initiative. The Eucharistic Revival will begin in early 2022 with a nationwide launch to renew the Church in America by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.

The initiative’s five pillars include 1) fostering encounters with Jesus through kerygmatic proclamation and experiences of Eucharistic devotion; 2) contemplating and proclaiming the doctrine of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist through the Truth of our teaching, the beauty of our worship, and the goodness of our accompaniment of persons in poverty and those who are vulnerable; 3) empowering grassroots creativity by partnering with movements, apostolates, parishes, and educational institutions; 4) reaching the smallest unit – parish small groups and families; 5) and embracing and learning from the various rich intercultural Eucharistic traditions.

“On behalf of OSV, and its board of directors, and in appreciation of the board chair, the Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades who has fostered a love of the Eucharist both locally and nationally, we are humbled and thrilled to fund this important work,” says Jason Shanks, President of OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation. “As the source and summit of our faith, the Eucharist remains central to our mission To Champion the Catholic Church and pursuing innovative ideas for the New Evangelization. Our founder, Archbishop John Francis Noll, once wrote that, ‘Christ gave us the Sacrament of the Eucharist for several reasons: that He might remain ever with us as a proof of His Love for us and to be worshiped by us; to be received in Holy Communion; and to be offered as a sacrifice commemorating and renewing the sacrifice of the cross for all time.’”

This four-year initiative will have multiple phases, including Year One – Diocesan Renewal; Year Two – Parish Renewal; Year Three – National Eucharistic Congress; and Year Four – Ongoing Revival. OSV is a proud partner of this initiative and is eager for the Winter 2022 launch of the website and resources offered as preparation for the Revival.

“This is a once in a generation opportunity to impact the faith life of this country,” said Bishop Cozzens, Auxiliary Bishop of Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis. “This is a movement of Catholics across the United States, healed, converted, formed and unified by an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist — and sent out on mission for the life of the world.”

For more information about OSV’s investment in the USCCB’s Eucharistic Revival initiative, contact Jason Nees at jnees@osv.com.

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About OSV: As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From weekly and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century and will continue to listen to customers’ needs today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 07/01/2020 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, July 1, 2020 – OSV is pleased to announce a new partnership with global Catholic media network Aleteia to bring Catholic content to English and Spanish speaking readers across the globe. This new partnership between OSV, the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, and Aleteia, a worldwide Catholic lifestyle digital network, brings two prominent Catholic publishers from America and Europe together to present the beauty of the faith in new ways.

This new venture allows OSV the opportunity to broaden its audience, content, and methods of delivery by bringing the Aleteia platform to the United States and beyond. The Aleteia digital platform includes web (aleteia.org), email newsletters, social media, smartphone and desktop notifications, and video distribution. Across all of its editions, Aleteia serves over 20 million monthly users, the majority in the 25-44 age range. Through this joint effort, Aleteia will have the opportunity to connect through OSV’s extensive distribution network which includes more than 90% of the Catholic parishes and every diocese in the United States.

“While this new partnership is exciting for both OSV and Aleteia, it’s most exciting for the Church,” states Joe Wikert, OSV Publishing President. “OSV plans to shepherd this resource in a way that all can benefit by bringing together the rich tradition of Our Sunday Visitor with Aleteia’s digital platform to present the beauty of the Catholic Faith to audiences in English and Spanish.”

“This partnership with OSV is a unique opportunity to grow our audience and develop our services in English and Spanish, the languages in which more than half of all Catholics around the world are praying,” declares Pierre-Marie Dumont, CEO of Aleteia. “With over a century of experience, OSV is bringing the vibrant dynamism and the creativity of the Catholic Church in the USA to our worldwide evangelization project.”

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About Aleteia: Aleteia is an online publication distributed in eight languages (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Polish, and Slovenian). The Aleteia site offers a Christian vision of the world by providing general and religious content that is free from ideological influences. With more than 600,000 subscribers to its newsletter and more than 3.3 million fans on Facebook, Aleteia reaches 20 million unique visitors a month. Since its launch in 2013, the initiative has been supported by the Foundation for Evangelization through the Media (FEM), which began in Rome in 2011. Since then, Aleteia has developed a
new editorial strategy focused primarily on information and lifestyle. Learn more at www.aleteia.org.

About OSV: As the leading Catholic publisher in the United States, OSV provides products and solutions to more than nine of every ten Catholic parishes and every Catholic diocese in the country. Founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll, the company continues to serve the Church through a wide range of products and services. From weekly and monthly publications, to software solutions, fundraising and consulting services, curriculum products, trade books, and parish publications, OSV helps individual Catholics, families, parishes and dioceses to grow closer to Christ and contribute to the growth and vitality of his Church in the world. A not-for-profit Catholic organization, OSV has been supporting the needs of the Church for over a century and will continue to listen to customers’ needs today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.osv.com.

POSTED: 07/01/2020 | PRESS RELEASES

Huntington, IN, July 1, 2020 – Our Sunday Visitor (OSV), el mayor editor católico de los Estados Unidos, tiene el placer de anunciar un nuevo acuerdo de colaboración con la red católica global Aleteia con el objetivo de potenciar su propuesta editorial a las audiencias de habla hispana e inglesa en todo el planeta.

Este nuevo acuerdo entre OSV, que edita el semanario católico más popular en su país, y Aleteia, que ofrece una innovativa propuesta de estilo de vida cristiano, une a dos editores de Estados Unidos y Europa para presentar juntosla belleza de la fe cristiana con nuevos lenguajes.

Este nuevo proyecto ofrece a OSV la oportunidad de ampliar su audiencia, contenidos y métodos de distribución potenciando la plataforma de Aleteia en los Estados Unidos y más allá de sus fronteras. La plataforma digital Aleteia incluye, además de la web (es.aleteia.org), la distribución de newsletters por correo electrónico, perfiles en las redes sociales, notificaciones en celulares y computadoras, y distribución de vídeos. En todos sus idiomas, Aleteia ofrece servicios a más de 20 millones de usuarios, la mayoría entre 25 y 44 años.

Gracias a este acuerdo, Aleteia tendrá la oportunidad de conectar con la amplia red de distribución de OSV, que incluye a más del 90% de las parroquias católicas de todas las diócesis de los Estados Unidos.

“Si bien esta nueva colaboración es alentadora tanto para OSV como para Aleteia, lo es todavía más para la Iglesia”, ha afirmado Joe Wikert, presidente de OSV Publishing. “Con esta iniciativa, OSV pretende unir la rica tradición de Our Sunday Visitor con la plataforma digital de Aleteia para presentar la belleza de la fe católica a las personas que hablan inglés y español”.

“Esta colaboración con OSV constituye una oportunidad única para el crecimiento de nuestra audiencia y el desarrollo de servicios en inglés y español, idioma en el que reza más de la mitad de los católicos del mundo”, ha declarado Pierre-Marie Dumont, director general de Aleteia. “Con más de un siglo de experiencia, OSV trae el dinamismo y la creatividad de la Iglesia católica en los Estados Unidos a este proyecto mundial de evangelización”.

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Sobre Aleteia: Aleteia es una publicación en línea, distribuida en ocho idiomas (español, inglés, francés, portugués, italiano, árabe, polaco y esloveno), que ofrece una visión cristiana de la vida publicando información general y religiosa, libre de influencias ideológicas. Con más de 600 mil suscriptores a su newsletter, y más de 3,3 millones de fans en Facebook, Aleteia llega a 20 millones de usuarios al mes. Desde su lanzamiento, la iniciativa ha sido promovida por la Fundación para la Evangelización a través de las Medios de Comunicación (FEM), creada en Roma en 2011. Desde entonces, Aleteia ha desarrollado una nueva estrategia editorial centrada ante todo en una información de estilo de vida. Más información en
www.aleteia.org.

Sobre OSV: Como editor líder católico en los Estados Unidos, OSV ofrece servicios editoriales y soluciones a más de 9 de cada 10 parroquias de todas las diócesis de los Estados Unidos. Fundada en 1912 por el sacerdote John Francis Noll, la compañía continua su servicio a la Iglesia a través de toda una serie de productos y servicios, que van desde publicaciones semanales y mensuales, hasta soluciones informáticas, servicios de recaudación de fondos y consultoría, libros, incluidoslibros de texto, publicaciones parroquiales… OSV ayuda a católicos, a sus familias, a parroquias y diócesis a crecer en la cercanía de
Jesucristo y a contribuir en el crecimiento y vitalidad de la Iglesia en el mundo. Organización sin ánimo de lucro, OSV ha apoyado desde hace más de un siglo las necesidades de la Iglesia y permanece a la escucha de sus necesidades actuales y futuras. Más información www.osv.com.