Advertise — Ad Orientem

Editorial patronage, not banner advertising.

Advertising should not make a beautiful publication ugly. Every Ad Orientem sponsorship is created in-house, clearly labeled, contextually placed, and designed with the same restraint as the rest of the site.

People do not come to Ad Orientem merely to scroll. They come to find a Latin Mass, understand the liturgy, find a community, plan a journey, or discover Catholic voices. Advertising here reaches people while they are actively looking for something.

Good

Useful to the people we serve.

True

Plain claims. Clear sponsorship. No tricks.

Beautiful

Designed as part of Ad Orientem, not pasted on top of it.

Every placement labeled “Sponsored”

✦No tracking pixels or third-party scripts
✦No pop-ups, interstitials, or retargeting
✦Every placement is hand-reviewed before it runs
✦Readers always know who is named, and why

The easiest way to begin

Founding Patron

$500/month · six-month founding term

A simple way to establish an ongoing presence on Ad Orientem. Founding Patron placements rotate across selected areas of the site while we handle the art direction and placement for you.

✦House-designed patronage creative
✦Rotating presence across selected Ad Orientem pages
✦Impressions, clicks and CTR reporting
✦Advertiser dashboard
✦Editorial approval before anything goes live
✦Limited to 12 Founding Patrons

$3,000 total over 6 months. Does not renew automatically.

Start for $500/month →

Prefer a specific placement?

Our premium patronage formats are sold individually by the week.

Inline editorial endorsement

Most editorial

Patron Note

$800/week

A single sentence of contextual support placed within articles, above the body or at natural breaks. Named as a “patron” in disclosure — not an advertisement. Highest reader trust.

“Manus Dei Press · Publishers of the Baronius Press Missal for the faithful assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass.”

—Single line of copy
—Appears in 3–5 relevant articles per month
—URL to your site or initiative
—Disclosed as: “A note from our patron”

Branded sidebar presence

Best value

Patron Signature Card

$950/week

A compact, byline-style card placed in article sidebars or between section breaks. Includes your name, a brief description, and a call-to-action link. Visually consistent with editorial typography.

—Name + one-line description
—Optional short tagline
—CTA link
—Placed in sidebar of qualifying pages

Directory listing endorsement

Patron Place

$750/week

Support a specific church listing, diocese, or region in the Find a Mass directory. Your name appears as a patron of that page in a disclosed, editorial style.

—Tied to specific listing or region
—Sidebar placement on directory pages
—Suitable for local apostolates & parish societies
—Disclosed as: “Patron of this listing”

Dedicated section sponsorship

In development

Patron Section

In Development

Become the named patron of an entire content section (Today, Learn, Voices, Calendar). Your name is displayed prominently in the section header and in all articles within that section.

—Section header placement
—Monthly editorial letter to section readers
—All articles in section
—Minimum 3-month commitment

Set up a campaign Media kit

How each format appears in the publication

Live examples rendered exactly as they appear to readers — not mockups.

A · Patron Note— inline, text-first, highest editorial trust

B · Signature Patron Card— image + copy, premium placement

A Benzinger Brothers editio typica of the 1962 Missale Romanum

C · Place Patron— directory listing or regional endorsement

D · Section Patron— section header attribution, most restrained format

Voices·Presented with support fromHollis Vestments

↑ This attribution appears in the section header and on every article within the section.

Common questions