Our Sunday Visitor (OSV), a longtime Catholic publisher, announced it will cease nearly all its periodical publications, including Our Sunday Visitor magazine, OSV Kids, The Priest, and The Deacon, by December 2025, with final issues scheduled between September and December.
In another blow to Catholic media, Our Sunday Visitor magazine to cease publishing
ur Sunday Visitor's composing room, where the weekly paper was put together, in a photo prior to 1961. The publication, which became a magazine in 2024, will publish its final issue in October. (Courtesy Smithsonian National Postal Museum)
Two and a half years after taking over Catholic News Service's U.S. based operations, longtime Catholic publisher Our Sunday Visitor Inc., has announced it will sunset almost all its periodical operations by December, including its flagship title, Our Sunday Visitor magazine.
OSV News will continue to operate as part of the parent company OSV.
In an Aug. 14 press release, OSV said the move was "part of a strategic shift in response to changing readership patterns and the rapidly evolving media landscape."
OSV's plans continue a trend in Catholic media as many U.S. diocesan newspapers have ceased print editions and begun relying more on websites and social media.
Catholic newspapers, magazines and newsletters have experienced a steep decline for at …