To Champion the Catholic Church

Over 100 years ago, Archbishop Noll founded OSV using new methods and new approaches to communicate the Gospel. OSV seeks To Champion the Catholic Church and one way OSV gives back is through the OSV Institute.

In 1915, OSV Institute began as a way to reinvest money generated from publishing and printing activities back into the Church. As a good steward, OSV founder Father John Francis Noll felt that the money was not “his” and that all he had belonged to the service of the Church. Since then, countless parishes, dioceses and apostolates have benefited from his generosity.

Building on the legacy of Father Noll, in 1975, OSV Institute officially received its name, as well as a more formalized program for the use of OSV’s funds. Since then, the organization’s main form of philanthropy has been distributing funds in the form of grants surrounding a broad set of criteria.

In May 2017, the OSV board created and outlined a new vision for the future of OSV Institute. This vision included going beyond grants to seed capital for new innovation, a greater alignment to OSV priorities and a proactive approach to identifying needs and driving the priorities and projects of the Institute.

In an ongoing effort to answer Saint Pope John Paul II’s call for a New Evangelization, in 2021 we made the decision to evolve the strategy and name of OSV Institute to focus on Catholic innovation.

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Focus on Catholic Innovation

As a dynamic extension of and aligned with the mission of OSV, OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation is focused on inspiring and encouraging innovative and impactful Church-related programs and activities to create an ecosystem for Catholic innovation by forging new paths for people to encounter the truth and beauty of the Catholic Church. Learn more.

Unwavering Committment

John Francis Noll, the founder of Our Sunday Visitor, was a remarkable priest and bishop who transformed Catholic publishing and, to a large extent, the Catholic Church in the U.S. With remarkable energy and inspired foresight, he was not only a towering figure in Catholic publishing, but also an esteemed leader among U.S. bishops and a generous benefactor to Catholic causes.

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