fessio country of origin united states headquarters location san francisco nonfiction topics catholicism official website www.ignatius.com ignatius press named for saint ignatius loyola founder of the jesuit order is a catholic publishing house based in san francisco california usa . it was founded in 1978 by father joseph fessio sj a jesuit priest and former pupil of pope benedict xvi . 1 in an interview in 1998 father fessio said our objective is to support the teachings of the church . 2 it is one of the catholic institutions which have arisen in the united states in the last 35 years in response to a perceived drift in parts of the church from the traditional tenets of the catholic faith . in an interview published by catholic world news father fessio stated that one of the main objectives of ignatius press was to print english translations of contemporary european theologians . 1 the press issues periodicals such as catholic world report and homiletic and pastoral review . 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 g. k. chesterton and hilaire belloc . in addition to publishing the works of pope john paul ii ignatius press has published newer works by cardinal ratzinger later pope emeritus benedict xvi peter kreeft scott hahn joseph pearce christopher derrick and michael d. o brien . it also publishes various study and devotional editions of the ignatius bible making use of the revised standard version second catholic edition a translation revised according to liturgiam authenticam and noted for its formal equivalence . in 2014 ignatius press entered into a distribution agreement with the catholic truth society to bring the famous cts bookstands to north america . 3 additionally it entered a collaboration with the pope benedict xvi institute for sacred music and divine worship archdiocese of san francisco and lighthouse catholic media to publish an annual congregational missal that is fully consistent with the directives of sacrosanctum concilium . 4 references edit a b joseph fessio may 2005 . the man who would be pope . catholic world news . retrieved 2008 05 17 . peter westmore july 2003 . ad2000 to distribute ignatius press titles in australia from july . ad2000 . retrieved 2008 05 17 . a message from fr . fessio cite the pew missal url https www.surveymonkey.com s byqx92r title new survey the pew missal publisher ignatius press date 2014 author benedict xvi institute for sacred music & divine worship accessdate 2015 01 14 external links edit official ignatius press website australian distributor added in 2000 characterizes ignatius press in a publicity release this article about a publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ignatius press & oldid 743700736 categories book publishing companies based in san franciscomagazine publishing companies of the united statesroman catholic mediacatholic publishing companiespublishing companies established in 1978publishing companies of the united statespublishing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olbahasa indonesiaitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view