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| Parent company | Augustinians of the Assumption |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Country of origin | France |
| Distribution | France, Canada, USA |
| Publication types | Books, magazines |
| Official website | www |
Bayard Presse is a French press and publishing companies, being founded in 1870. The company has various media outlets both in its native France and abroad. As of 2019, it reports approximately two thousand employees, two hundred magazines with five million subscribers, and eight million annual book sales. [1]
Bayard Press was founded in Paris in 1870 and has since expanded into a global publishing network. Its core publications market comes from the children's sector. The main markets are France, Spain and China, but Bayard also has a substantial presence in Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company focuses on publications about youth, religion, seniors and nature. [2]
The company has close connections with the Catholic Church in France, [3] and is owned by the Assumptionists. [1] It edits educational and Catholic publications such as La Croix [2] and Catholic Digest . The latter was closed in summer 2020. [4] It also publishes Notre Temps , a lifestyle magazine for seniors and The World of the Bible , a review of the Bible. [5] [6]
As well as being a French press company, Bayard Presse has publications in English such as the "I Love English" series for teenagers to read and practice their English. Since 1995, Bayard also produces children's magazines for English-speaking children, such as StoryBox (including the television/comic character "SamSam", for ages 3–6), [7] AdventureBox (ages 6–9), [8] and DiscoveryBox (ages 9–12). [9] In addition to these its major English periodicals included Living with Christ, [10] Catechist, [11] and Today's Catholic Teacher. [12] These titles were all shut down in 2020. [4]
A catechism is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult converts. Catechisms are doctrinal manuals – often in the form of questions followed by answers to be memorised – a format that has been used in non-religious or secular contexts as well. According to Norman DeWitt, the early Christians appropriated this practice from the Epicureans, a school whose founder Epicurus had instructed to keep summaries of the teachings for easy learning. The term catechumen refers to the designated recipient of the catechetical work or instruction. In the Catholic Church, catechumens are those who are preparing to receive the Sacrament of Baptism. Traditionally, they would be placed separately during Holy Mass from those who had been baptized, and would be dismissed from the liturgical assembly before the Profession of Faith and General Intercessions.
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The Douay–Rheims Bible, also known as the Douay–Rheims Version, Rheims–Douai Bible or Douai Bible, and abbreviated as D–R, DRB, and DRV, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English made by members of the English College, Douai, in the service of the Catholic Church. The New Testament portion was published in Reims, France, in 1582, in one volume with extensive commentary and notes. The Old Testament portion was published in two volumes twenty-seven years later in 1609 and 1610 by the University of Douai. The first volume, covering Genesis to Job, was published in 1609; the second, covering the Book of Psalms to 2 Maccabees plus the three apocryphal books of the Vulgate appendix following the Old Testament, was published in 1610. Marginal notes took up the bulk of the volumes and offered insights on issues of translation, and on the Hebrew and Greek source texts of the Vulgate.
La Croix is a daily French general-interest Catholic newspaper. It is published in Paris and distributed throughout France, with a circulation of 91,000 as of 2020.
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Catechesis is basic Christian religious education of children and adults, often from a catechism book. It started as education of converts to Christianity, but as the religion became institutionalized, catechesis was used for education of members who had been baptized as infants. As defined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 5 :
Catechesis is an education in the faith of children, young people and adults which includes especially the teaching of Christian doctrine imparted, generally speaking, in an organic and systematic way, with a view to initiating the hearers into the fullness of Christian life.
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DiscoveryBox is a children's magazine by Bayard Presse. It is targeted at children from 7 to 14 years old. It covers topics about science, animals, current events, nature, history and the world. It also includes games and quizzes. It is designed for the completely independent reader and is the 4th and final instalment of the Box series. The classic sections include Doodle doc, Spotlight, Wildlife and Experiment.
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Tom-Tom and Nana is a French comic strip series published in the monthly magazine J'aime lire since 1977. The first authors of the series were writer Jacqueline Cohen and artist Bernadette Després. They were joined by author Evelyne Reberg, and in the most recent editions, by artist Marylise Morel. The comic book has gained success which reached a peak around 1995-2000. During the 2000s its publication was less regular. An English translation entitled Tom and Lili is published in the magazine AdventureBox.
Notre Temps is a French language monthly lifestyle magazine for seniors published in Paris, France. Founded in 1968 the magazine targets seniors.
J’aime lire is a French magazine aimed at children aged 7–10. Published by Bayard Presse since 1977, it is easily identifiable by its red cover and its mascot, a blue colored pencil named "Bonnemine".
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