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Founded | 1922 |
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Founder | Archbishop Alexander Christie |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Portland, Oregon |
Publication types | Music, books, newspapers |
Imprints | OCP, New Dawn Music, Spirit & Song, Trinitas, Catholic Sentinel, and El Centinela |
No. of employees | 150+ |
Official website |
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Oregon Catholic Press (OCP, originally the Catholic Truth Society of Oregon) is a publisher of Catholic liturgical music based in Portland, Oregon. It published the newspapers Catholic Sentinel and El Centinela; both papers have been discontinued effective October 1, 2022. [1] [2] [3]
The not-for-profit company publishes liturgical music, books, choral collections, hymnals, missals, and support materials serving the Roman Catholic Church in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese. [4] [5]
OCP also publishes contemporary Christian music, through its Spirit and Song imprint. All music is consistent with the ethical directives and theology of the Catholic Church, making Spirit & Song a suitable alternative to mainstream praise and worship music for Catholic parishes.
Pastoral Press, a division of OCP, publishes religious education materials and academic and inspirational books.
OCP is the long-term publisher of the Catholic Sentinel, the diocesan newspaper for the Archdiocese of Portland. [6] [5] [7] The Sentinel is the longest running Catholic newspaper in the Western United States. On July 21, 2022, the Archdiocese of Portland and Oregon Catholic Press issued a joint news release announcing that both the Catholic Sentinel and El Centinela (the Sentinel's Spanish language edition) would close on Oct. 1. [8]
OCP represents well-known contemporary Catholic liturgical music composers Dan Schutte, and the other members known as the St. Louis Jesuits ( Bob Dufford, John Foley, Tim Manion and Roc O'Connor), Bernadette Farrell, Carey Landry, Michael Joncas, Jamie Cortez, Bob Hurd, Tom Kendzia, Anne Quigley, and Christopher Walker. [5] [9] [10] More contemporary songwriters, such as Steve Angrisano, Casey McKinley and Sarah Hart are represented by the Spirit and Song imprint. [11]
Along with GIA Publications, OCP is a co-owner of OneLicense.net, having merged LicenSingOnline.org with OneLicense.net on January 1, 2017. [12]
Missals
Hymnals
OCP also publishes Respond & Acclaim, a yearly subscription-based psalm resource, which includes a responsorial psalm and a gospel acclamation for every Sunday and Holy Day. The music for the Respond & Acclaim psalms was written by former publisher Owen Alstott.