Loyola Press is a publishing house based in Chicago, Illinois. It is a nonprofit

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of the Chicago-Detroit Province of the

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. It has no connection with Loyola University Chicago. It primarily publishes school books for the parochial school market. However, in 1997, the press did publish a bestseller: ''The Gift of Peace,'' the last testament of Cardinal

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.M.W. Newman, "Bernardin's Last Words Put Loyola Press On The Publishing Map,
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History of Loyola

Loyola University Press was founded in 1912 and became a separate non-profit in 1940 independent of any university. It changed its name to Loyola Press in 1995.

Imprints

Loyola Press publishes Chicago-related titles under the Wild Onion imprint, Jesuit studies titles under the Jesuit Way banner, and textbooks under the Loyola University Press imprint.

Notable authors

Loyola Press has published books by the following notable people: *

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, S.J. * James Martin, S.J. * John R. Powers *

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References

External links

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