{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox publisher | name = Veritas Communications | image = | caption = | parent = Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference | status = | traded_as = | predecessor = | founded = 1899 | founder = <!-- or | founders = --> | successor = | country = Ireland | headquarters = Dublin | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = Books, magazines | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | owner = | numemployees = | website = {{URL|https://www.veritasbooksonline.com}} }}
'''Veritas Communications''' is a company owned by Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference which is a publisher and retailer of religious books and materials. Veritas has a number of retail outlets in Dublin city, Blanchardstown, Cork, Limerick, Sligo and Derry. Veritas Publications publishes the Catholic magazine ''Intercom''.<ref>[http://www.intercommagazine.ie/ Intercom Magazine]</ref> Veritas sells books, Magazines, CDs. DVDs, cards, candles and other items of a religious nature.
Veritas publishes and distributes textbooks used in primary schools, such as the ''Alive-O'' and ''Grow in Love'' series,<ref>[https://www.catholicireland.net/the-alive-o-programme/ Alive-O Programme] by John Paul Sheridan, www.catholicireland.net, November 30, 1999.</ref> and secondary schools in Ireland.<ref>[https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/bishops-publish-only-textbooks-that-are-approved-for-use-in-schools-35605399.html Bishops publish only textbooks that are approved for use in schools] by Katherine Donnelly, Irish Independent, April 8, 2017.</ref> Veritas publish its books in the United Kingdom under the name ''Lindisfarne Books''.<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Lindisfarne_Books Lindisfarne Books] Open Library Publishers</ref>
Veritas publishes ''Intercom'', a magazine of liturgical and pastoral resources for clergy that comes out 10 times a year.<ref name="ChurchApart">{{cite news|title=Criticism will not tear the church apart|publisher=The Argus (Dundalk)|date=4 July 2012|id={{ProQuest|1024136766}}}}</ref>
Veritas has announced that it will close by the end of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious publisher Veritas to shut this year |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2024/02/11/religious-publisher-veritas-to-shut-this-year/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
==History== Veritas has its origins in the '''Catholic Truth Society of Ireland''' founded in 1899 on the model of the English Catholic Truth Society. It opened its first shop on Lower Abbey Street, Dublin in 1928 and the Veritas Company was established.<ref>[https://www.catholicbishops.ie/veritas/ Veritas] Catholic Bishops Conference Website</ref> By the late 1960s Veritas had run into serious financial problems resulting in a 1969 merger of the Catholic Truth Society and the Communications Centre in Booterstown, Dublin (which had been founded in 1967) to form the ''Catholic Communications Institute of Ireland'' under the leadership of Father Joe Dunn. Father Dunn is credited with putting the publishing operation, renamed as ''Veritas Communications'' and often referred to as ''Veritas Publications'', on a profitable basis.<ref name="ProfitableCourse">{{cite news|title=Putting Veritas back on a profitable course|publisher=The Irish Times|date=19 August 1970|id={{ProQuest|525572917}}}}</ref><ref>[http://www.veritasbooksonline.com/about About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205145917/http://www.veritasbooksonline.com/about |date=5 December 2017 }} Veritas Books Online</ref> Catholic Communications Institute operates both Veritas Publishing, and Intercom magazine, both created in 1969.<ref name="PollakDublim">{{cite news|last1=Pollak|first1=Andy|title='Radharc' director dies in Dublin|publisher=Irish Times|date=7 July 1996|id={{ProQuest|310176020}}}}</ref>
Veritas has in the past has acted as a travel agency organising travel to religious sites, such as Knock, Lourdes, Fatima etc.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
On 9 February 2024, it was announced that Veritas would close by the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0209/1431402-veritas-to-wind-down-operations/ | title=Veritas set to wind up by the end of the year | access-date=2024-08-10 | website=www.rte.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=Ronan |date=2024-02-09 |title=Religious retailer Veritas to close as business prospects unlikely to improve |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41328439.html |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious publisher Veritas to shut this year |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2024/02/11/religious-publisher-veritas-to-shut-this-year/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
==People associated with Veritas== A number of people from the Irish Media have been involved in Veritas and Catholic Communications organisations and initiatives over the years, such as the broadcaster Bunny Carr, Tom Savage, and the ''Irish Press'' journalist and ''Sunday Press'' editor Vincent Jennings who served as chairman of the company from 1987 until 1992.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/editor-who-took-over-the-sunday-press-at-31-1.682774 Editor who took over the Sunday Press at 31] Vincent Jennings Obituary, ''The Irish Times'', Saturday, November 27, 2010.</ref> The current president of Veritas is Dr. Brendan Leahy bishop of Limerick, and the director is Aidan Chester who in 2016 succeeded Maura Hyland who had been director since 2000.
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==External links== *[http://www.veritas.ie/ Veritas] official website *[http://www.veritasbooksonline.com/ Veritas Online Store] *[https://www.facebook.com/VeritasIreland Facebook Page] *[https://twitter.com/VeritasIreland Twitter Account]
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