Veritas Communications

Last updated

Veritas Communications
Parent company Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference
Founded1899
Country of originIreland
Headquarters locationDublin
Publication typesBooks, magazines
Official website www.veritasbooksonline.com

Veritas Communications is a company owned by Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference which is a publisher and retailer of religious books and materials. Veritas has a number of retail outlets in Dublin city, Blanchardstown, Cork, Limerick, Sligo and Derry. Veritas Publications publishes the Catholic magazine Intercom. [1] Veritas sells books, Magazines, CDs. DVDs, cards, candles and other items of a religious nature.

Contents

Veritas publishes and distributes textbooks used in primary schools, such as the Alive-O and Grow in Love series, [2] and secondary schools in Ireland. [3] Veritas publish its books in the United Kingdom under the name Lindisfarne Books. [4]

Veritas publishes Intercom, a magazine of liturgical and pastoral resources for clergy that comes out 10 times a year. [5]

Veritas has announced that it will close by the end of 2024. [6]

History

Veritas has its origins in the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland founded in 1899 on the model of the English Catholic Truth Society. It opened its first shop on Lower Abbey Street, Dublin in 1928 and the Veritas Company was established. [7] By the late 1960s Veritas had run into serious financial problems resulting in a 1969 merger of the Catholic Truth Society and the Communications Centre in Booterstown, Dublin (which had been founded in 1967) to form the Catholic Communications Institute of Ireland under the leadership of Father Joe Dunn. Father Dunn is credited with putting the publishing operation, renamed as Veritas Communications and often referred to as Veritas Publications, on a profitable basis. [8] [9] Catholic Communications Institute operates both Veritas Publishing and Intercom magazine, both created in 1969. [10]

Veritas has in the past has acted as a travel agency organising travel to religious sites, such as Knock, Lourdes, Fatima etc.[ citation needed ]

On 9 February 2024, it was announced that Veritas would close by the end of the year. [11] [12] [13]

People associated with Veritas

A number of people from the Irish Media have been involved in Veritas and Catholic Communications organisations and initiatives over the years, such as the broadcaster Bunny Carr, Tom Savage, and the Irish Press journalist and Sunday Press editor Vincent Jennings who served as chairman of the company from 1987 until 1992. [14] The current president of Veritas is Dr. Brendan Leahy bishop of Limerick, and the director is Aidan Chester who in 2016 succeeded Maura Hyland who had been director since 2000.

Related Research Articles

Maria Duce was a small Catholic Integrist group active in Ireland, founded in 1942 by Fr Denis Fahey.

The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland. The conference meets a number of times a year in Maynooth which is the location of St Patrick's College, Ireland's national seminary. While each bishop is autonomous in his own diocese, meetings of the conference give bishops a chance to discuss issues of mutual concern, or issues of national policy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth</span> Catholic college and pontifical university in County Kildare, Ireland

St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth, is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland. The college and national seminary on its grounds are often referred to as Maynooth College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Charles McQuaid</span> Catholic Primate of Ireland (1895–1973)

John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp., was the Catholic Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin between December 1940 and January 1972. He was known for the unusual amount of influence he had over successive governments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Congregation of Christian Brothers</span> Religious community within the Catholic Church

The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice.

Veritas was the Roman goddess of truth, and is the Latin word for "truth".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dominicans in Ireland</span> Irish religious order

The Dominican Order has been present in Ireland since 1224 when the first foundation was established in Dublin, a monastic settlement north of the River Liffey, where the Four Courts is located today. This was quickly followed by Drogheda, Kilkenny (1225), Waterford (1226), Limerick (1227) and Cork (city) (1229). The order was reestablished in the 19th century after having been driven out in the 17th century by laws against Catholic religious orders. During the Penal Laws, as other Irish Colleges were established on the continent, in 1633 the Irish Dominicans established, the College of Corpo Santo, Lisbon and College of the Holy Cross, Louvain (1624-1797) to train clergy for ministering in Ireland. San Clemente al Laterano in Rome, was entrusted to the Irish Dominicans in 1677. In 1855, St. Mary's Priory, Tallaght, was established to train members of the order, who would complete their clerical studies in Rome and be ordained in the Basilica San Clemente.

Hugh McFadden is an Irish poet, literary editor, lecturer and freelance journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin</span> Lead diocese of the Metropolitan Province of Dublin, Ireland

The Archdiocese of Dublin is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the eastern part of Ireland. Its archepiscopal see includes the republic's capital city – Dublin. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is St Mary's Pro-Cathedral. Dublin was formally recognised as a metropolitan province in 1152 by the Synod of Kells. Its second archbishop, Lorcán Ua Tuathail, is also its patron saint.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nóirín Ní Riain</span> Musical artist

Nóirín Ní Riain is an Irish singer, writer, teacher, theologian, and authority on Gregorian Chant. She is primarily known for spiritual songs, but also sings Celtic music, sean-nós and Indian songs. Nóirín plays an Indian harmonium (surpeti), shruti box and feadóg (whistle). She was Artist-in-Residence for Wexford and Laois. She performs with her sons Eoin and Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin under the name A.M.E.N. and gives workshops about "Sound as a Spiritual Experience".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough</span> Anglican diocese of the Church of Ireland

The United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the east of Ireland. It is headed by the Archbishop of Dublin, who is also styled the Primate of Ireland. The diocesan cathedral is Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.

Events from the year 1814 in Ireland.

The Archbishop of Dublin is the head of the Archdiocese of Dublin in the Catholic Church, responsible for its spiritual and administrative needs. The office has existed since 1152, in succession to a regular bishopric since 1028. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Dublin, and the archbishop is also styled the Primate of Ireland. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin city, although the Church formally claims Christ Church as its cathedral, and the archbishop's residence is Archbishop's House in Drumcondra.

Fr. Thomas Fogarty is a Roman Catholic priest and former hurler who played as a left corner-back at senior level for the Tipperary county team.

Éamonn Oliver Walsh is an Irish former Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Dublin between 1990 and 2019.

Clergy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora have been implicated in various sexual abuse scandals. The investigations into two bishops concerned allegations not connected with their service in the diocese. In both cases they were cleared with no case to answer. A report published in 2007 made adverse findings against a number of members of a religious order based in the diocese.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Desmond Connell</span> Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church

Desmond Connell was an Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. Cardinal Connell was one of a number of senior clergy to have been heavily criticised for inaction, making misleading statements and covering up clerical sex abuse in Dublin. He died on 21 February 2017, aged 90.

Brendan Leahy is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian who has served as Bishop of Limerick since 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Hoare (priest)</span>

Edward Newenham Hoare, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin was an Irish Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1836 to 1839, then Dean of Achonry from 1839 to 1850; and Dean of Waterford from then until his death.

Intercom is a monthly pastoral and liturgical Catholic magazine published by Veritas for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. The magazine is based in The Catholic Communications Office, Columba House, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. In May 2021 Fr.Paul Clayton-Lea resumed his role as editor succeeding Fr. John Cullen who had succeeded Fr. Hayden as editor on his retirement in 2020, Hayden was appointed editor in September 2017 succeeding Fr. Paul Clayton-Lea who had been in the role since November 2015. Mr. Francis Cousins had been editor from 2007. Fr. Gerry Reynolds CSsR from 1969-1975 edited the magazine, Fr Kevin Hegarty, served as editor from 1991-94, and Fr. Brendan Cotter served two three year terms as editor from 1998 until 2004.

References

  1. Intercom Magazine
  2. Alive-O Programme by John Paul Sheridan, www.catholicireland.net, November 30, 1999.
  3. Bishops publish only textbooks that are approved for use in schools by Katherine Donnelly, Irish Independent, April 8, 2017.
  4. Lindisfarne Books Open Library Publishers
  5. "Criticism will not tear the church apart". The Argus (Dundalk). 4 July 2012. ProQuest   1024136766.
  6. "Religious publisher Veritas to shut this year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  7. Veritas Catholic Bishops Conference Website
  8. "Putting Veritas back on a profitable course". The Irish Times. 19 August 1970. ProQuest   525572917.
  9. About Veritas Books Online
  10. Pollak, Andy (7 July 1996). "'Radharc' director dies in Dublin". Irish Times. ProQuest   310176020.
  11. "Veritas set to wind up by the end of the year". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  12. Smyth, Ronan (9 February 2024). "Religious retailer Veritas to close as business prospects unlikely to improve". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  13. "Religious publisher Veritas to shut this year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  14. Editor who took over the Sunday Press at 31 Vincent Jennings Obituary, The Irish Times , Saturday, November 27, 2010.