09/03/2026
Fr. Joseph Fessio has founded the largest Catholic publishing house in the English-speaking world. It's very likely you have some of his books on your shelf! This is an incredible opportunity to meet him, it'll be a memorable moment in history.
Before Ignatius Press existed, there was a young Jesuit taking notes in a Regensburg classroom—under a professor named Joseph Ratzinger.
That seminarian was Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ. In 1978 he founded Ignatius Press, now the largest Catholic publishing house in the English-speaking world. If a Ratzinger or Benedict XVI title, a Chesterton reprint, or a Catechism companion has ever sat on your shelf, it's because of Fr. Fessio.
This September 24, he's travelling up from California to give the keynote at "Seasons of the Vine," Catholic Pacific College's first annual gala, at The Manor in Langley. Nearly fifty years of Catholic publishing history will be in the room, telling its own story, in person.
Chances to sit across the table from that kind of history don't come around often. Seats are limited, and RSVP closes September 10.
Register: https://www.catholicpacific.ca/cpcgala
