That many American Catholics are devoted to the Church and engaged with its mission isn’t news, but if it needed proving there was lots of evidence at the L.A. Religious Education Congress earlier this month. I attended for the first time after hearing from publishers of Catholic books about how helpful the meeting has become for them. As several said, “This is the one place we get to interact with the public and find out what they are interested in.” Publishers also get to meet with teachers, parish DREs (directors of religious education), members of religious orders, and others who use their books both professionally and personally. I was impressed by the scale and level of enthusiasm at the event, and by the robustness of the business of publishing books for Catholics.