Bring Alto to Your Parish, Ministry, Event, or Community
Whether you’re sharing Alto with a small group, providing copies for a parish or ministry, giving them to attendees at an event or retreat, or ordering for a larger community, bulk ordering makes it easy to put Alto into more hands.
Alto brings together the prayer of the Church, daily Mass readings, Scripture and saint reflections, and more in one beautifully designed monthly volume—giving Catholics a simple, approachable way to build a consistent rhythm of daily prayer.
Bulk quantities of 10, 50, or 100 copies of each monthly edition are available at discounted rates with combined shipping.
Choose a one-time purchase for an event, retreat, small group, parish initiative, gift, or other single distribution—or select a subscription to receive the same quantity each month automatically.
Select one of the six options below to see the current price, volume discount, and shipping cost for your order.
Choose the Order That Works for You
One-Time Purchase
Get Alto for your event, retreat, small group, parish initiative, gift, or other single distribution:
(Add or stack multiple quantities to get to your desired bulk quantity number)
Before You Order
Ordering for an Event?
Alto can be a meaningful takeaway for conferences, retreats, parish missions, formation programs, and other Catholic events—something attendees can bring home and continue using long after the event is over.
Because each edition of Alto is created for a specific calendar month, please order well in advance of your event to ensure the appropriate edition is available and can arrive on time.
Printing & Shipping
Each monthly edition of Alto is printed in advance and scheduled to arrive approximately 3–5 days before the start of the month it is intended for.
To allow time for printing and fulfillment, orders placed on or after the 2nd day of the month will begin with the edition for the following calendar month. For example, an order placed between September 2–October 1 will begin with the November edition, scheduled to arrive around October 25.
If you’re ordering Alto for an event or need your copies by a specific date, we recommend ordering as early as possible to allow additional time for processing and shipping.
Need to Place a Larger Order?
Planning a large event or looking to provide Alto to an entire parish, school, ministry, or organization? Contact us for orders larger than 250 copies and we’ll help determine the best option for your needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I choose which edition of Alto I receive?
Not at this time. Orders placedon or after the 2nd day of the month will begin with the edition for the following calendar month. For example, an order placed between September 2–October 1 will begin with theNovember edition, scheduled to arrive around October 25.
How is Alto different than other prayer periodicals?
Alto is the only periodical that features both the readings for Daily Mass and prayers from the official Liturgy of the Hours.
Further, Alto is the only periodical to feature Fr. Mike Schmitz's Sunday homilies, Kendra Tierney Norton's Liturgical Living essays, and shortened adaptations of Ascension's award winning Bible studies.
Can I buy Alto outside of the United States?
At this time, we only have ecclesiastical permissions and approval to distribute Alto in the U.S. We are hoping to be able to expand availability of this resource in the future and will share an announcement if and when we are able to do so.
Is there a digital-only edition of Alto?
No, there is no digital edition of Alto. However, many of the prayers and features in Alto are available to premium Ascension app subscribers.
Yes! In fact, every individual issue of Alto goes through four separate ecclesiastical reviews:
General review by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Liturgical text review by the Secretariat of Divine Worship
Rights and usage review by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)
Imprimatur review through the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
You can trust that all the prayers and content in Alto are faithful to the teaching of the Catholic Church.
How big is Alto?
Alto comes in a 5" wide by 7" tall paperback booklet. Thickness varies month-to-month based on length of prayers and Mass readings for the month, but is approximately between 0.75"—1" thick.
The font size of the prayers and readings in 10pt font.
