Status | Active |
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Founded | 1998[1] |
Founder | Matthew Pinto[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | West Chester, Pennsylvania[2] |
Owner(s) | Jonathan Strate[3] |
No. of employees | 60 (as of 2021)[1] |
Official website | ascensionpress |
Ascension (previously known as Ascension Press[2]) is a publisher of Catholic books and digital media. The company, founded in 1998, is based in West Chester, Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Authors published by Ascension include Edward Sri, Fr. Mike Schmitz, and Jeff Cavins.[1][3] Schmitz and Cavins produced Ascension's Bible in a Year podcast, which was iTunes' most popular podcast for 17 consecutive days in early 2021, and for 5 days in early 2022.[4] Ascension is creating a "Catechism in a Year" podcast with the same hosts, slated to release on January 1, 2023.[5][6]
Ascension's YouTube channel is called Ascension Presents, which was the second-largest Catholic YouTube channel as of 2021.[2]