Then & Now

Bookmark and Share

Fan Mail

"...we do create a truly eco-chic calendar!  Our 11x18" full-color glossy 12-month wall calendars are printed on 50% recycled paper with 25% post consumer waste using soy inks.  We use The Messenger Press of Carthagena, Ohio where Randy Heitkamp does a great job of printing excellent quality work - and we recommend him highly." 

          - Linda Velazquez
 Greenroofs of the World

 

The Messenger Press was founded in 1882 by the Society of the Precious Blood (an order of priests, brothers and nuns of the Catholic Church) in order to print religious materials (in both English and German) for Catholics around the world. During the mid-20th century, monthly subscriptions were as high as 30,000. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Though now completely independent of the Society, the company is still housed in the facility built for it in 1961. The extensive grounds of the former St. Charles Seminary, now a retirement facility, provide an interesting location for the business. Farming has always been a mainstay of the Society and dairy cattle and grain crops are still raised on the property.   www.st-charles-cpps.org