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1934: The Catholic Truth Society makes the historic decision to begin publishing My Sunday Missal.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive in 1960.
1971: The missal is expanded to include a broader selection of music and rebranded as Today’s Missal.
1980: The Catholic Truth Society changes its name to Oregon Catholic Press in order to reflect its growth from an informative service organization to one of the largest publishers of Catholic music and liturgical resources in the world.
1982: OCP launches the popular missal Breaking Bread, an annual resource with synopses for each of the weekly readings and more than 800 hymns and songs.
One Friday in 1990, a salesman selling aftermarket cables met with a customer who needed a custom assembly for a critical project, due Monday.
1994: OCP acquires the music and products of North American Liturgy Resources (NALR), including the most popular Catholic hymnal ever published, Glory & Praise.
1998: OCP increases its library of resources even further through the acquisition of Pastoral Press, the book publishing division of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.
On May 17, 2000, the Field Museum in Chicago unveiled Sue, the largest and most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered.
2003: OCP launches Liturgy.com, a web-based liturgy preparation program that has helped thousands of parishes prepare more fulfilling liturgies for their assemblies.
2006: OCP begins publishing Breaking Bread with Readings, which includes the full version of the weekly readings, and is now one of the most widely used missal programs in the United States.
2009: OCP publishes Thánh Ca Dân Chúa, the first-ever Vietnamese hymnal in the US, to provide for the liturgical and musical needs of Vietnamese-American assemblies.
2014–15: OCP releases Spirit & Song All-Inclusive Digital Edition.
With the early adoption of now industry-wide standards like ISO 9001:2015, and IPC/WHMA-A- 620A, OCP’s experience with tight quality and control, international supply chain management and lean manufacturing models have been part of its DNA from the very beginning.
As of 2015, OCP has awarded more than $2.2 million to thousands of parishes all over the country.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIA Publications | 1941 | $5.4M | 50 | - |
| EWTN | 1981 | $60.1M | 200 | 11 |
| JS Paluch | 1913 | $88.4M | 200 | - |
| Alfred Music | 1922 | $18.0M | 200 | - |
| large | 2013 | - | 6 | - |
| Future | 1985 | $432.6M | 2,300 | 12 |
| Inform | 2007 | $21.4M | 2 | - |
| Chattanooga, TN | 1982 | $136.2M | 5,000 | - |
| Dimension | - | $470,000 | 50 | 2 |
| Warner Bros. | 1923 | $39.3B | 8,000 | 624 |
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