Joseph Fessio, S.J.
A Jesuit since 1961. A student of Fr. Henri de Lubac, S.J., and Fr. Joseph Ratzinger. Founder and editor in chief of Ignatius Press, since 1978.
FORMED Book Club has become Ignatius Press: Off the Shelf! Join Father, Vivian, and Joseph as they continue to steadily unpack the most important works of theology and literature. You can find the new podcast here: https://offtheshelf.podbean.com/ or anywhere you get your podcasts.
A Jesuit since 1961. A student of Fr. Henri de Lubac, S.J., and Fr. Joseph Ratzinger. Founder and editor in chief of Ignatius Press, since 1978.
Director of Book Publishing at the Augustine Institute, and editor of the St. Austin Review, series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions, senior instructor with Homeschool Connections, and senior contributor at the Imaginative Conservative.
Author of many books, including The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth, The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church, Literary Converts, Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile and Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc. His books have been published and translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Croatian and Polish.
Senior Editor at Ignatius Press, with decades of experience in publishing. Wife, mother of four.