About Monstrance

A monstrance is the vessel that holds the Blessed Sacrament up to be seen. We took the name because it says what we want to do with the Church's paintings: hold them up, whole, so that what they show can be seen.

What we make

Monstrance Editions prints the sacred masterworks of the Catholic tradition as archival fine-art prints: Four hundred and thirty-six works at present, from Giotto and Duccio to Caravaggio and Zurbarán, each held by a public collection. Every print is made to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag cotton paper in pigment ink, from the museum's own photograph wherever the museum releases one, and printed whole. The materials page says exactly what a print is made of.

Alongside the editions we publish free pages for prayer: the Rosary, with its twenty mysteries in Scripture and sacred art, and the traditional prayers in English and Latin. They carry no prices.

The Monstrance app, a companion for the Church's day hour by hour, is in preparation. There is no launch date to announce yet.

How we work

We are a small company on the Mendocino coast of California, founded by Jeff Neumeier. Nothing is printed until it is bought, shipping is included in the price, and a print that arrives damaged is replaced. We hold ourselves to written editorial standards: every fact we print has a named source, and every image is a photograph of a real painting.

Write to us

Questions, corrections, parishes and schools: [email protected]. We read every message.