Omer Westendorf founded World Library Publications in 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as World Library of Sacred Music (WLSM). In 1955 WLSM published The People's Hymnal which was widely used throughout the United States and became a standard hymnal in many Catholic parishes. During this period, Omer authored "God's Blessing Sends Us Forth," "Where Charity and Love Prevail," and other notable, classic hymns. The J. S. Paluch Company acquired World Library Publications (WLP) in 1971 as a source of liturgical music for worship resources. WLP produces individual octavos and choral music series, recordings, videos, books, collections of music for worship. WLP also provides music workshops and choral reading sessions.

You will find a wide variety of artists and composers and musical styles published and distributed by WLP including John Angotti, Matthew Baute, Mary Beth Bennett, Michael Bogdan, Ed Bolduc, James Chepponis, Rory Cooney, Lucien Deiss, Carol Dinise, Dolores Dufner, Eugene Englert, William Ferris, Lorenzo Florian, Paul French, John Flaherty, Robert Gallagher, Lee Gwozdz, Mike Hay, Alan Hommerding, Dolores Hruby, Paul Hillenbrand, Cathryn Howard, Juliana Howard, Paul Inwood, Willard Jabusch, Steven Janco, Carl Johengen, Peter Kolar, Laura Kutscher-Meyer, Greg Labus, Paul Lisicky, Alison Luedecke, Donna Kasbohm, David Kraehenbuehl, Robert Kreutz, James V. Marchionda, Joe Mattingly, Jack Miffleton, Perry Nelson, Paul Page, Kathy Powell, Richard Proulx, Donald Reagan, Ron Rendek, Pedro Rubalcava, Robert Smith, Anthony Sorgie, Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., Paul Tate, J. Michael Thompson, Lynn Trapp, Jan Vermulst, Chrysogonus Waddell, Michael Ward, Steven C. Warner, Omer Westendorf, Gloria Weyman, and Marcy Weckler.

We offer many parish workshop and music reading session formats, or we can customize one to fit your needs. Contact Joan Thomas, OP, at 1 800 621-5197, ext. 2901, or E-mail thomasj@jspaluch.com. Joan can acquaint you with our roster of workshop presenters and workshops.

Dedicated to excellence in service, Mary Prete, our general manager, and the entire WLP staff pledge our commitment to providing you with outstanding musical resources to strengthen and support the quality of your worship. We welcome the opportunity to serve you and invite you to browse through our website and shop the WLP catalog to see the many publications and services we offer. Try our user-friendly search engine to find a song for a service or for suggestions for music for a season or particular ritual. We love to hear from you. Contact us through the our site, e-mail wlpcs@jspaluch.com, phone 1-800-566-6150, FAX 1 888 957-3291, or write World Library Publications, 3708 River Road, Suite 400, Franklin Park IL 60131- 2158.

World Library Publications strives to hire talented personnel to contribute to our publishing and customer service effort. We invite you to submit your résumé for application to employment in these departments: editorial, customer service, marketing, graphic arts, inventory, warehouse and fulfillment.

World Library Publications seeks excellent liturgical music for publication in our worship resources, octavo and choral music series. Specific submissions guidelines can be found on our site's Contact Us page, or send lead sheets and recording (if available) to Submissions/Editorial Review, World Library Publications, 3708 River Road, Suite 400, Franklin Park IL 60131- 2158.