American Bi-Weekly

America was born in 1909. That year, its 1st weekly issue was dated April 17. America, a Jesuit magazine, was planned as the American counterpart of The Tablet of London, a respected Catholic weekly review. We're now approaching our 100th year of continuous weekly publication. America is the only national Catholic weekly magazine in the US. After considering few hundred names, the founding editors chose the name America, which was suggested by Thomas J. Gannon, S. J.