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Preserving Christian
Publications is a
non-profit organization and was "accidentally" founded during
the Fall of 1983 when John Parrot was required to sell off his
parent's library of nearly 900 books due to the pending sale of
their house.
Assisted by his
friend, Francis Panakal, and the example of an acquaintance who
was a secondhand bookseller, John's initial catalog was a 4-page
insert for a Catholic church's newsletter. Gradually over
the years, the catalog expanded into the current 24-page version that
PCP's fans expectantly await to arrive in their mailboxes.
In 1993, Brian
Pouliot joined PCP and began to share in the adventures of
saving rare and classic Catholic books, which once, included
going through a dumpster rented to haul off discarded books from
a religious house that was being demolished. In all,
through PCP's efforts, over 100,000 secondhand books have been
put back into "circulation" around the world and
thereby into the hands and minds of readers for their
edification.
In 1994, Francis
returned to his native country of India, from where PCP began
its initial efforts to have out-of-print books made freshly
available once again, which has resulted in the reprinting of
nearly 50 books (some of which in the meantime have been
discontinued).
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