About Saint Willibrord Press
Saint Willibrord Press is a historic publishing ministry of Christ Catholic Church, founded in 1967 by Bishop Karl Prüter, a pioneering bishop, scholar, pastor, and publisher within the Old Catholic, Free Catholic, and Autocephalous Sacramental traditions. From its beginning, the Press has existed to preserve and share the literature, history, theology, liturgy, and devotional life of Christian communities often overlooked by larger religious publishers.
As a ministry of Christ Catholic Church, Saint Willibrord Press stands within a living sacramental tradition shaped by the Old Catholic inheritance, the Free Catholic spirit, and the wider Autocephalous Sacramental Movement. Its work reflects the Church’s commitment to preserving catholic faith and practice with humility, conscience, pastoral freedom, and devotion to the Gospel of Christ.
The Press was born from a simple but necessary conviction: small sacramental communities have a memory worth keeping. Their prayer books, histories, theological writings, pastoral reflections, and liturgical resources are part of the wider Christian inheritance. If they are not preserved, published, and passed on, an important part of the Church’s living witness can quietly disappear.
For more than half a century, Saint Willibrord Press has served the Free Catholic and independent sacramental world by helping keep these voices in print and within reach. Its work has included material related to the Old Catholic Tradition, the Free Catholic Movement, and the wider Autocephalous Sacramental Movement, along with resources for clergy, religious communities, scholars, students, seekers, and local churches.
Today, Saint Willibrord Press continues under the care of Abbot-Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC, successor to Bishop Prüter’s continuing ministry and steward of this publishing legacy. The Press remains committed to the same essential work: preserving the Free Catholic tradition, honoring its roots, and making its witness available for the present and future Church.
Saint Willibrord Press is not merely an archive. It is a ministry of memory, renewal, and service. It exists to keep alive the words, prayers, and wisdom of those who have labored faithfully in smaller, freer, deeply sacramental expressions of Christian life.
Saint Willibrord Press
Preserving the Free Catholic Tradition Since 1967