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Founded in 1927, the Register continues to provide its readers with timely news reporting from across the United States, from the Vatican, and from around the world, providing a perspective on the news of the day as seen through the eyes of the Magisterium. Register publications include the National Catholic Register bi-weekly newspaper, NCRegister.Com website, and the Register Daily & Weekly email news updates.
The National Catholic Register is published biweekly, 26 issues per year. Our print subscribers are mature, well-educated, and have the expendable income to make your advertising dollars count. The majority of our subscribers regularly buy goods and services by phone, mail, and the web, and travel frequently for enjoyment. The average age of our print subscriber is 55, and roughly 50% male/female. Half of our subscribers have grandchildren. 1/3 have children in the home with 63% attending Catholic or home schools.
The Register at a Glance
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Bi-weekly via U.S. Mail
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Paid circulation 28,000
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18-24 pages, full color
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Each issue has a planned theme
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Inserts / blow-ins
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Special Sections
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Spiritual Gift Guide (Spring)
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Annual College Guide (Fall)
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Christmas Gift Guide
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Last-Minute Christmas Gift Guide
Editorial Calendar and Deadlines
2025 Issue | Theme | Space Deadline | Art Deadline | Insert Deadline |
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1/12 | Your Guide to the Jubilee Year; March for Life, Jan. 24, 2025 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 1/8 |
1/26 | Great Catholic Schools (CSW 1/26-2/1); What Catholics Can Expect Re: New President | 1/3 | 1/10 | 1/8 |
2/9 | Catholic Marriage at a Crossroads | 1/17 | 1/24 | 1/22 |
2/23 | Your Guide to Lent 2025 | 1/31 | 2/7 | 2/5 |
3/9 | Religious Life | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/19 |
3/23 | Catholic Entrepreneurs (25 great entrepreneurs of 1/4 century) | 2/28 | 3/6 | 3/4 |
4/6 | Holy Week | 3/13 | 3/20 | 3/18 |
4/20 | Easter/Divine Mercy; 20th Anniversary of John Paul II's Passing | 3/27 | 4/3 | 4/1 |
5/4 | Meet the New Catholics (Mother’s Day) | 4/10 | 4/17 | 4/15 |
5/18 | Pilgrimages | Best new Catholic architecture | 4/24 | 5/1 | 4/29 |
6/1 | Commencements (include 25 great addresses of 1/4 century) | 5/8 | 5/15 | 5/13 |
6/15 | Ordinations (Father's Day) | 5/22 | 5/29 | 5/27 |
6/29 | American Patriotism (sanctity in the USA updates) | 6/5 | 6/12 | 6/10 |
7/13 | Catholic institutes and think tanks | 6/19 | 6/26 | 6/24 |
7/27 | U.S. Seminaries | 7/3 | 7/10 | 7/8 |
8/10 | Back to School: Catholic education and home schooling | 7/17 | 7/24 | 7/22 |
8/24 | Catholic Hubs | 9/30 | 8/7 | 8/5 |
9/7 | Best of the 1/4 century: 25 best Catholic books of century; influential | 8/14 | 8/21 | 8/19 |
9/21 | Annual College Guide / Campus Ministries | 8/28 | 9/4 | 9/2 |
10/5 | Respect for Life / Marian Devotions | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/16 |
10/19 | 25 New Saints of the 1/4 century | 9/25 | 10/2 | 9/30 |
11/2 | Catholic Veterans/Vat II at 60/Christmas Gift Guide | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/14 |
11/16 | The Death Issue (Thanksgiving, Nov. 27) | 10/23 | 10/30 | 10/28 |
11/30 | Jane Austen and Great Literature (Advent, Nov. 30) | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/11 |
12/14 | Christmas | 11/22 | 11/27 | 11/25 |
12/28 | Year in Review | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/9 |
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National Catholic Register Catholic Identity College Guide
Published annually in September, the National Catholic Register's College Guide is the Catholic student's resource for finding a quality Catholic education that is faithful to the Magisterium of the Church.
The schools listed in the guide have gone on record in answer to our questionnaire, based on Pope John Paul II’s 1990 apostolic constitution on higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (From the Heart of the Church), its 2000 Application to the United States, canon law, and other Church documents.
Inclusion in the College Guide is free, and open to all Catholic colleges and universities able to complete our application and questionnaire.
Acceptance in the College Guide also qualifies you for a listing in NCRegister's online College Guide.
View our 2023 College Guide, published in our September 10, 2023 issue.
Colleges interested in being included in this Guide are encouraged to download and submit our application form here.