Veritas Communications is a company owned by

Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference ( ga, Comhdháil Easpag Caitliceach Éireann) 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 Patr ...

which is a publisher and retailer of religious books and materials. Veritas has a number of retail outlets in Dublin city, Blanchardstown, Cork, Sligo and Derry. Veritas Publications publishes the Catholic magazine ''

Intercom An intercom, also called an intercommunication device, intercommunicator, or interphone, is a stand-alone voice communications system for use within a building or small collection of buildings which functions independently of the public telephon ...

''. Veritas sells books, Magazines, CDs. DVDs, cards, candles and other items of a religious nature. Veritas publishes and distributes textbooks used in primary schools, such as the ''Alive-O'' and ''Grow in Love'' series, and secondary schools in Ireland. Veritas publish its books in the United Kingdom under the name ''Lindisfarne Books''. Veritas publishes ''

'', a magazine of liturgical and pastoral resources for clergy that comes out 10 times a year.

History

Veritas has its origins in the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland founded in 1899 on the model of the English

Catholic Truth Society Catholic Truth Society (CTS) is a body that prints and publishes Catholic literature, including apologetics, prayerbooks, spiritual reading, and lives of saints. It is based in London, the United Kingdom. The CTS had been founded in 1868 by ...

. It opened its first shop on Lower Abbey Street,

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

in 1928 and the Veritas Company was established. 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. Catholic Communications Institute operates both Veritas Publishing and Intercom magazine, both created in 1969. Veritas has in the past has acted as a travel agency organising travel to religious sites, such as Knock,

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, Fatima etc.

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 Bernard "Bunny" Carr (31 July 1927 – 19 September 2018) was an Irish television presenter. He presented shows such as '' Quicksilver'', ''Teen Talk'' and ''Going Strong'' on RTÉ. He later set up his own communications and public relations c ...

, Tom Savage, and the ''

Irish Press ''The Irish Press'' ( Irish: ''Scéala Éireann'') was an Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995. Foundation The paper's first issue was published on the eve of the 1931 All-Ireland ...

'' journalist and ''

Sunday Press The ''Sunday Press''Sunday Press
was a weekend Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspap ...

'' editor

Vincent Jennings Vincent Jennings (1937–2010), was an Irish Journalist, and who served as editor of ''The Sunday Press'' from 1968 until 1986, before becoming part of the management of The Irish Press. Born in Dublin in 1937, he grew up in Clontarf. Vincent wa ...

who served as chairman of the company from 1987 until 1992.Editor who took over the Sunday Press at 31
Vincent Jennings Obituary, ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'', Saturday, November 27, 2010. The current president of Veritas is Dr.

Brendan Leahy Brendan Leahy (born 28 March 1960) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian who has served as Bishop of Limerick since 2013. Early life Leahy was born in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, on 28 March 1960, the third of four children to Ma ...

bishop of Limerick, and the director is Aidan Chester who in 2016 succeeded Maura Hyland who had been director since 2000.

References

External links

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