What Oregon Catholic Press does

Oregon Catholic Press (OCP) is a non-profit Catholic liturgical music publishing company founded in 1922 and headquartered in Lake Oswego/Portland, Oregon, with 501–1000 employees. OCP produces missals (Breaking Bread, Today's Missal, Heritage Missal, Unidos en Cristo/United in Christ, Misal del Día), hymnals (Glory & Praise, Journeysongs, Flor y Canto, Spirit & Song, Rise Up & Sing, Thánh Ca Dân Chúa), psalters, Latin and chant resources, and choral octavos organized into multiple series. The company maintains a catalog of 11,000+ songs and 25,000+ products spanning 279+ composers/artists, with content in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Filipino, including 60+ Mass settings.

OCP monetizes through a mix of print product sales (annually/seasonally updated missals and hymnals), one-time sheet music purchases, and an expanding portfolio of recurring digital and physical subscriptions. Key recurring products include the Choral Review Service (triannual curated choral packets; $60/year US), Liturgy.com tiered digital plans (Basic free, Plus, Premium), and the Breaking Bread Digital Music Library. Supporting revenue streams include accompaniment books and CDs, accessories (missal covers, service binders), the Antífonas de Entrada y de la Comuniόn Spanish antiphon subscription, and professional services through Instituto OCP formation programs. Distribution is direct-to-parish via the ocp.org e-commerce storefront, 1-800-LITURGY phone sales, and catalog mailings; digital products are delivered through Liturgy.com and digital download channels. The company reaches customers through content marketing (Liturgy Blog, general blog, Liturgy Podcast), webinars, email newsletters, Catholic liturgical conferences, and licensing partnerships (ONE LICENSE, ICEL, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Thomas More Group London).

OCP operates a digital platform layer consisting of Liturgy.com for liturgy planning and the Breaking Bread Digital Music Library, Spirit & Song Digital Edition, and Flor y Canto Catálogo Digital for online music access — representing the company's main technology-driven moat beyond its century-old content rights. The company is privately held as a non-profit with no parent organization, no disclosed funding rounds, and no parent/subsidiary ownership structure disclosed beyond operating sub-brands. Subsidiaries Via Cantus and OCP Music Publishing are referenced without further detail.

Name

Oregon Catholic Press

Legal name

Oregon Catholic Press

Website

https://ocp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Oregon Catholic Press is a non-profit Catholic liturgical music publisher producing missals, hymnals, choral octavos, and digital liturgy-planning resources for US Catholic parishes in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Filipino.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Music Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Music Publishers (51223), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Book Printing (2732), Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) (2670)

akta.pro primary industry

Worship & Liturgy Publishing (Liturgical Texts, Missals, Service Books, Hymnals) (MPAJAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Print Music Publishing (Sheet Music, Scores, Educational Repertoire) (MPAIABAG), Devotional & Prayer Publishing (Devotionals, Prayer Books, Meditation Guides) (MPAJAHAB), Religious Music & Worship Broadcasting (MPABALAN), Religious & Spiritual Print-on-Demand (Bibles, Devotionals) (MPAJANAG)

Keywords

• Catholic liturgical music
• Religious music publishing
• Missals and hymnals
• Choral sheet music
• Liturgy planning software

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Oswego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Missals and Hymnals: Sale of Catholic missals (Breaking Bread, Today's Missal, Heritage Missal, etc.) and hymnals (Glory & Praise, Journeysongs, Flor y Canto, Spirit & Song) in print and digital editions. Products are updated annually or seasonally.
2. Sheet Music and Octavos: Individual choral octavos and sheet music for specific songs and Mass settings. Includes physical sheet music and digital downloads.
3. Support Materials: Accompaniment books (keyboard, guitar, solo instruments), accompaniment tracks on CD, and digital music libraries.
4. Choral Review Service Subscription: Triannual subscription delivering curated choral music packets. $60/year US, $62/year Canada, $72/year other countries.
5. Digital Subscriptions: Online access to Liturgy.com planning tools and digital music libraries with various plan tiers (Basic, Plus, Premium).
6. Accessories: Missal covers, ribbon bookmarks, presentation folders, service binders, and commemorative gift program items.
7. Formation Programs: Instituto OCP provides liturgical formation and training programs including Sing to the Lord Formation Events and Formation Workshops for pastoral musicians.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Oregon Catholic Press publishes and distributes Catholic liturgical music resources for Roman Catholic parishes, music ministers, and choirs. Its portfolio includes annually updated print missals (Breaking Bread, Today's Missal, Heritage Missal, Unidos en Cristo/United in Christ, Misal del Día), hymnals (Glory & Praise, Journeysongs, Flor y Canto, Spirit & Song, Rise Up & Sing), choral octavos, psalters, Mass settings, and chant resources, alongside digital offerings such as the Liturgy.com planning platform, Breaking Bread Digital Music Library, Spirit & Song Digital Edition, Flor y Canto Catálogo Digital, and downloadable sheet music and accompaniment recordings.

Product overview

Oregon Catholic Press (OCP) is a Catholic music publishing company offering a comprehensive portfolio of liturgical resources for Catholic parishes. The core product offering consists of missals (Breaking Bread, Today's Missal, Heritage Missal, Unidos en Cristo, Misal del Día) and hymnals (Glory & Praise, Journeysongs, Flor y Canto, Spirit & Song, Rise Up & Sing) that serve as the foundational resources for Catholic worship communities. These are complemented by extensive digital offerings including the Breaking Bread Digital Music Library, Spirit & Song Digital Edition, and Flor y Canto Catálogo Digital available through Liturgy.com. The portfolio also includes choral octavos organized in multiple series, psalters (Respond & Acclaim, Responde y Aclama, Spirit & Psalm), Latin and chant resources (Saint Meinrad Antiphons, ICEL English Chant Mass, Graduale Romanum), antiphon resources, and Mass settings (60+ varieties). Supporting offerings include the Choral Review Service subscription, Instituto OCP formation programs, webinars, planning tools, accessories, and multilingual resources in Spanish, Vietnamese, and Filipino languages. The ecosystem is designed to serve the complete liturgical needs of Catholic parishes from missals and hymnals to digital planning tools and educational formation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Liturgy.com: Online liturgy planning tool for music ministers and liturgists
• Instituto OCP
• Breaking Bread Digital Music Library
• Choral Review Service
• Antifonas.com

Products and services

• Breaking Bread OCP's most popular Catholic missal, combining the best elements of a hymnal and a missal, updated annually with music, Scripture readings, and Lectionary content for Roman Catholic parishes.
• Today's Missal & Music Issue Seasonal Catholic missal with optional daily readings and a comprehensive annual music resource for liturgy.
• Heritage Missal Trusted annual Catholic missal program featuring sacred music and Scripture readings for traditional Catholic repertoire.
• Unidos en Cristo / United in Christ Seasonal Catholic missal designed specifically for bilingual parishes with English and Spanish presented side-by-side.
• Misal del Día Annual Spanish-language Sunday Catholic missal with devotions, prayers, and additional liturgical content.
• Glory & Praise, Fourth Edition Popular cross-generational Catholic hymnal featuring traditional and contemporary hymns and tunes for worship.
• Journeysongs, Third Edition Balanced collection of hymns and songs offering both traditional and contemporary Catholic liturgical music.
• Flor y Canto, Cuarta Edición Spanish, English, and bilingual Catholic hymnal for multicultural Catholic communities.
• Spirit & Song Contemporary Catholic hymnal with theologically sound repertoire, also available in digital edition with accompaniment tracks.
• Rise Up & Sing, Third Edition Scripture-based, liturgically appropriate Catholic children's hymnal for Sunday school and parish use.
• Thánh Ca Dân Chúa Vietnamese-language Catholic hymnal supporting the culture and spiritual heritage of Vietnamese Catholic communities.
• Saint Meinrad Antiphons Catholic Entrance and Communion antiphons for the church year composed by Benedictine Father Columba Kelly, inspired by Gregorian chant tradition.
• ICEL English-language Chant Mass Official recordings and sheet music for the ICEL English-language Chant Mass issued with full cooperation and approval of ICEL.
• Graduale Romanum Catholic liturgical chant resource containing Mass propers for the liturgical year, ritual and votive Masses for various saints and solemnities.
• Gregorian Missal for Sundays Gregorian Catholic Missal for Sundays containing Mass propers including ritual and votive Masses for Saint Joseph, Saint Paul the Apostle, Holy Spirit, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and Masses for the Dead.
• Breaking Bread Digital Music Library Online subscription offering complete access to Liturgy.com, hundreds of digital recordings, accompaniments, texts, and resources needed for Catholic parish liturgy preparation.
• Spirit & Song Digital Edition Digital Catholic contemporary hymnal providing all-access pass to music including MP3 recordings, lyric sheets, and chords-over-text editions.
• Flor y Canto Catálogo Digital Digital Catholic music library on Liturgy.com providing easy access to accompaniments for Spanish-language and bilingual songs from the Flor y Canto hymnal.
• Liturgy.com Comprehensive online Catholic liturgy planning tool providing song suggestions, sheet music access, customizable music planners, and the ability to print and share music with ministry teams.
• Choral Review Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Choral Review Service has released more than 100 Choral Packets
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Liturgy.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationLiturgy.com is OCP's comprehensive online liturgy planning platform that provides song suggestions, sheet music access, and music planning tools for parishes. It serves as a core digital product and platform for OCP's online offerings.
• ONE LICENSEminorGTM or Marketing PartnerONE LICENSE is referenced on OCP's digital resources page as a licensing partner for Catholic liturgical music, providing digital licensing capabilities for OCP's published content.
• ICEL (International Committee on English in the Liturgy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICEL provided full cooperation and approval for OCP to offer official recordings and sheet music for the ICEL English-language Chant Mass, a significant endorsement of OCP's liturgical music publishing.
• Saint Meinrad ArchabbeycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBenedictine Father Columba Kelly of Saint Meinrad composed the Saint Meinrad Entrance and Communion Antiphons series for OCP, representing a key collaboration for traditional Gregorian-inspired chant resources.
• St. Thomas More Group (London)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe London-based St. Thomas More Group provides choral octavos that are distributed through OCP's Choral Series, expanding OCP's catalog with international choral repertoire.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GIA Publications: GIA Publications is the other major US Catholic liturgical music publisher, producing hymnals, missals, choral octavos, and recordings for Catholic and ecumenical worship. It is the closest direct competitor to OCP, with overlapping products (e.g., ritual song, choral series) and similar parish-direct distribution.
• World Library Publications (J.S. Paluch): World Library Publications (now part of J.S. Paluch) publishes Catholic hymnals, missals, and choral music for US parishes. It directly competes with OCP in print and digital Catholic liturgical resources.
• Hope Publishing Company: Hope Publishing is a long-established US church music publisher producing hymnals, choral octavos, and instrumental music. It is comparable to OCP in catalog scope, choir-direct distribution, and subscription choral services.
• Morning Star Music Publishers: Morning Star Music Publishers focuses on choral music and liturgical resources for churches, with a strong Catholic and ecumenical catalog. Comparable to OCP in choral octavo offerings and parish-direct sales.
• Hinshaw Music: Hinshaw Music publishes choral octavos and sacred choral repertoire used by church choirs. It is comparable to OCP's Choral Review Service and octavo series from a choral-repertoire distribution perspective.

Broad incumbents

• Augsburg Fortress: Augsburg Fortress is the publishing arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, producing hymnals, liturgy resources, and choral music. It is comparable to OCP as a denomination-anchored liturgical publisher with digital and print products, though serving a different Christian tradition.
• Liturgical Press (Collegeville): Liturgical Press is a major Catholic book publisher producing scripture studies, liturgical theology, and ministry resources. While primarily book-focused, it overlaps with OCP in serving Catholic parishes and music ministers with formation and worship resources.
• Lillenas Publishing: Lillenas Publishing produces worship music, choral resources, and hymnals primarily for Nazarene and evangelical Protestant churches. Comparable to OCP in worship music publishing but serving an adjacent Christian tradition rather than Catholic.
• Alfred Music: Alfred Music is a large general music publisher offering sheet music, choral octavos, and educational music materials. It is comparable to OCP at the sheet-music and choral product level but is broader and less Catholic-focused.

Emerging players

• Selah Publishing: Selah Publishing focuses on choral and sacred music for church and academic choirs. It is comparable to OCP's choral octavo series, though with a smaller catalog and a broader ecumenical focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OCPmusic
• Facebookfacebook.com/OCPMusic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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