About The Catholic Information Service

True Catholic Information.  Not Mere Opinions.

Faith is man's response to God, who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man a superabundant light as he searches for the ultimate meaning of his life.  (CCC 26 )

About Catholic Information Service

Ever since its founding the Knights of Columbus has been involved in evangelization.  In 1948, the Knights started the Catholic Information Service (CIS) to provide free Catholic publications for parishes, schools, retreat houses, military installations, correctional facilities, legislatures, the medical community, and for individuals who request them. We ask that the reader cover the costs of postage.

CIS has taken up the call of Jesus Christ to make disciples of all nations. Following the lead of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI by proposing the truth of the faith. Ours is the basic work of evangelizing today’s culture by accepting the challenge to make God visible in the human face of Jesus Christ. As Father Michael J. McGivney did in the 19th century so we do in the 21st century by “helping individuals to recognize and experience the love of Christ, [and] awaken in them the desire to dwell in the house of the Lord, embracing the life of the Church,” as Pope Benedict XVI said to the Ontario bishops.

Over the years CIS has printed millions of booklets, and tens of thousands of people have enrolled in our courses in an effort to preach Jesus Christ to the nations.

The Luke E. Hart series provides a systematic introduction to the  Catechism of the Catholic Church.  The author, apologist and philosophy professor Peter Kreeft, offers an explanation in everyday language of each area of Catholic belief and practice.

The Veritas series is an expanding collection of booklets covering matters pertaining to Catholic faith and life. There are various authors exploring subjects from prayer, the Eucharist, Islam, and angels to the Church’s teaching on Same Sex Attraction, dating, suicide and others. As the name of the series says, we are searching for truth, the truth of our faith handed down through the centuries from the Lord to the apostles and to succeeding generations of Christians. Like the Hart series, the Veritas series is neither the first nor the last word on these matters of faith. The point is to give basic, reasonable and verifiable information by which we live our lives according to God’s plan for us.

New and translated resources will be added as they become available.

Online Resources:

• CIS Publications (available online in PDF format)
  • The Luke E. Hart Series
  • The Veritas Series (Some available in Spanish)
• Devotional Resources
  • Marian Hour of Prayer Program
  • Rosary Program
  • Guide to Confession (pdf, 603k)

Online Courses (Includes chapter tests and instant scoring):

• The Luke E. Hart Series Course
• The Faith Formation Course

Print Resources:

• Faith Formation Course by mail (pdf, 21k)
• Order a free sample copy of any booklet
  • Luke E. Hart Series
  • Veritas Series
• Order multiple copies of any booklet
  • Luke E. Hart Series
  • Veritas Series