Oregon Catholic Press in Takeover Move in St Louis

Oregon Catholic Press has announced its purchase of Liturgical Publications of St. Louis Inc., which had been providing weekly parish bulletins, among other services, to parishes across the country for more than three decades.

The sale was effective March 15. A separate corporation has since been formed, called Pastoral Solutions Inc., which will continue to provide parish bulletins, annual directories, websites and other services.

It remains to be seen what good can come of this move. For a bit of background on OCP, one might want to review this Crisis magazine article from 2002, The Hidden Hand Behind Bad Catholic Music or this, "GIA and Oregon Catholic Press - Treasurehouses of Catholic Musical ..." and no doubt many others.

Maybe others can offer better insights about Liturgical Publications of St. Louis Inc., OCP, and whether this takeover will benefit St Louis. From over this way, I don't see it.