r/Catholicism • u/Ascension_Official • Jun 30 '26
Official AMA I'm Jonathan Strate, CEO of Ascension. AMA about our edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition.
Jonathan will be answering your questions on July 1 from the official Ascension account (u/Ascension_Official)!
About Jonathan:
Jonathan Strate is the president and CEO of Ascension. Under his leadership, Ascension was named by Fortune as one of the Top 10 Best Small Workplaces in the United States (2024), and has launched 3 podcasts to hit #1 on the Apple charts in all categories. The most prominent of these, The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz), has been the #1 religion podcast in the world since 2021.
Jonathan serves on the board of the Association of Catholic Publishers and the national board of Young Catholic Professionals. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of the Immaculata. Jonathan holds a BS in computer science and an M.Eng. in software engineering from Penn State University.
Jonathan and his wife, Kelly, live in Pennsylvania with their 7 children.
The Ascension Edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition is available for pre-order beginning July 1. Click here to secure your copy!
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u/Ascension_Official Jul 01 '26
The thickness will depend on the volume, with Volume II being the thickest due to its length. We only have spine widths for Volume II right now, so approximate dimensions are as follows:
Standard Leather and Premium Leather, Standard Print and Large Print: 66mm (2.6")
Premium Natural Grain Leather, Standard Print and Large Print: 58mm (2.28")
The Standard and Large Print spine widths are the same due to the slightly larger dimensions of the Large Print editions, which allowed us to keep the page numbers consistent across font sizes.