Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc.

What Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc. does

Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned Catholic religious goods retailer founded in 1960 and headquartered at 6759 Chippewa Street in St. Louis, Missouri. The company curates and sells what it describes as over 10,000 SKUs of Catholic merchandise spanning gifts and decor, religious jewelry, church supplies, candles, clergy apparel, books and media, nativity sets, statuary, sacred vessels, sanctuary appointments, rosaries, stationery, and sacramental/special-occasion items. Its product portfolio is sourced through direct artisan relationships (Medjugorje families, New England Silversmiths) and exclusive brand partnerships (Emanuele Fontanini, Willow Tree, Hallmark), as well as imported religious articles from Italy, Spain, and other international origins.

The business operates a multi-channel go-to-market model consisting of (1) a single brick-and-mortar flagship store at the St. Louis address, (2) a nationwide e-commerce storefront at shop.catholicsupply.com with shipping including international delivery, and (3) a wholesale division supplying parishes, Catholic schools, and other retailers at bulk pricing. Customer segments are split between individual Catholic consumers purchasing devotional items, sacramental gifts (First Communion, Baptism, Confirmation, Wedding, Ordination), and jewelry, and institutional buyers — primarily Catholic parishes — procuring liturgical supplies, clergy vestments, altar vessels, candles, and sanctuary furnishings. Marketing is conducted through the e-commerce site, email newsletter (Constant Contact), print catalog distribution, and organic search, with no paid digital advertising footprint disclosed.

Revenue is generated entirely through one-time retail and wholesale transactions (no subscription or licensing component), with reported individual price points ranging from roughly $0.30 (prayer pamphlets) up to approximately $8,100 (imported chalices and patens), quantity-tier discounts for bulk purchasers, and ancillary gift certificate revenue. The company has no disclosed subsidiaries, no external institutional investors, no patent or trademark filings, and no government certifications, and it employs between 11 and 50 people. No financial figures — revenue, headcount trend, traffic, average order value — have been publicly disclosed.

Name

Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc.

Legal name

Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc.

Website

https://shop.catholicsupply.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Catholic Supply of St. Louis is a family-owned Catholic religious goods retailer founded in 1960, operating a St. Louis flagship store and a nationwide e-commerce platform plus wholesale division that supply 10,000+ products — including liturgical vestments, nativity sets, sacramental jewelry, and church furnishings — to Catholic parishes, schools, clergy, and individual consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Goods Retail

NAICS

Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Retailers (4594), Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers (459420), Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers (459)

SIC

Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores (5940), Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600), Retail-Home Furniture, Furnishings & Equipment Stores (5700)

akta.pro primary industry

Spiritual, Metaphysical & Inspirational Gifts Retail (CRALAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Religious & Spiritual Books Retail (CRALAAAE), Religious & Specialty Publishing Distribution (CRAOALAD)

Keywords

• Catholic religious goods
• Church supplies retail
• Liturgical furnishings
• Clergy apparel
• Sacramental gifts

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Sales: Brick-and-mortar retail store sales at 6759 Chippewa Street location in St. Louis, Missouri
2. E-commerce Online Sales: Online retail sales through shop.catholicsupply.com website serving customers nationwide
3. Wholesale Sales: Wholesale operations for church supplies, nativity sets, and religious gifts serving parishes, schools, and other retailers
4. Gift Certificates: Gift certificate sales for Catholic occasions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc. is a family-owned retailer that sells Catholic religious merchandise through a brick-and-mortar store in St. Louis, an e-commerce website (shop.catholicsupply.com), and a wholesale division. Its catalog of more than 10,000 SKUs includes religious gifts and decor, rosaries, jewelry, candles, clergy apparel, books and music, nativity sets, statuary, sacred vessels, sanctuary appointments, and sacramental occasion merchandise for individual Catholics, parishes, schools, and clergy.

Product overview

Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc. is a family-owned religious goods retailer offering an extensive e-commerce platform for Catholic and Christian religious products. The company operates as a single unified retail platform with multiple product categories spanning religious gifts and decor, jewelry (including First Communion and Baby/Baptism sub-collections), church supplies, candles, clergy apparel, books/music/video, nativity sets, statuary, sacred vessels, sanctuary appointments, rosaries, stationery, and a wholesale program. The product portfolio focuses on serving Catholic churches, clergy, and faithful consumers with supplies for sacraments, seasons (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter), and special occasions. The company has been serving the faithful since 1960.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Religious Gifts & Decor Catholic religious gifts and home decor including apparel and accessories, angel items, auto accessories, calendars, holy water fonts and bottles, home decor, Irish gifts, jewelry, and personalized items.
• Religious Jewelry Catholic religious jewelry including necklaces, bracelets, patron saint jewelry organized alphabetically by name, scapulars, liturgical jewelry, earrings, rings, watches, and baby/baptism jewelry.
• Church Supplies Comprehensive Catholic church supplies including altar bread and wine, candles, clergy apparel, collection baskets, communion items, furniture, incense, liturgical resources, sacred vessels, sanctuary appointments, and textiles.
• Candles Altar and devotional candles including Advent candles, beeswax altar candles, Candlemas and St. Blaise candles, Christ candles, congregational candles, devotional candles, Paschal candles, sanctuary lights, and votive candles.
• Clergy Apparel Clergy clothing and accessories including albs, cassocks, chasubles, cinctures, surplices, collars, copes, deacon apparel, dalmatics, stoles, and shirtfronts.
• Books, Music & Video Catholic books, Bibles, hymnals, liturgy resources, prayerbooks, sacrament preparation books, saints biographies, seasonal and Spanish-language books, journals, music, and video.
• Nativity Sets Catholic nativity scene sets including Fontanini (5 to 50 inch collections, including exclusive signed pieces by Emanuele Fontanini), Heaven's Majesty, Joseph's Studio, Demetz, Willow Tree, wood carved, and outdoor/large scale sets.
• Sacraments & Special Occasions Catholic sacramental supplies and gift items for Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Graduation, OCIA, Wedding, Anniversary, Ordination, Memorial/Grief, and occupational-themed gifts.
• Statuary Religious statues including patron saint statues, Mary statues, Jesus, Holy Family, Papal, sports-themed, and lawn and garden statues from brands including Fontanini, Heaven's Majesty, Joseph's Studio, Lladro Nao, Precious Moments, and Willow Tree.
• Sacred Vessels Liturgical vessels including ambry and chrismal sets, baptism items, chalices, ciboria, communion items and sets, cremation urns, croziers, cruets, flagons, host bowls, intinction sets, mass kits, patens, pyx and burse, reliquaries, and sacristy oil stocks.
• Sanctuary Appointments Church sanctuary furnishings including sanctuary sets, altar advent wreaths, banners and flags, ambries, bells, bible/missal stands, candelabra, candlesticks, censers, crucifixes, holy water items, monstrances, processional torches, sanctuary lamps, tabernacles, and vases.
• Rosaries & Cases Catholic rosaries including baby/communion/confirmation, birthstone, chaplets/penal/auto, crystal/glass/gemstone/pearl, deluxe patron saint, Irish, papal, paracord, patron saint, plastic, premium sterling/gold bead, ring/finger, rosary bracelets, cases, and wall/family rosaries.
• Stationery Religious stationery including mass cards, prayer greeting cards (e.g., I Prayed A Rosary For You), spiritual bouquet cards, and note cards.
• Wholesale Program Wholesale offerings of church supplies, nativity sets, and religious gifts at bulk pricing for parishes, schools, and other retailers.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• HallmarkminorOthersHallmark brand gift items sold through Catholic Supply of St. Louis retail and e-commerce channels
• Fontanini (Emanuele Fontanini)coreOthersExclusive partnership featuring Fontanini nativity sets; company carries signed pieces by Emanuele Fontanini including 7-piece and 11-piece exclusive sets
• Willow TreeminorOthersWillow Tree brand religious figurines and statuary sold through the company's product catalog
• Medjugorje ArtisanscoreOthersHandmade jewelry products sourced from Catholic families in Medjugorje including blessing bracelets, patron saint medals, and rosary bracelets
• New England SilversmithsminorOthersUSA-based artisan partners producing hand-finished sterling silver religious jewelry, medals, and crucifixes with lifetime guarantee against tarnishing or breakage
• Catholic Families in MedjugorjeminorOthersHandmade rosary bracelets, blessing bracelets, and religious jewelry crafted by Catholic families in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aquinas Gifts: Online Catholic retailer specializing in religious gifts, rosaries, jewelry, and sacramental items. Comparable in product mix (sacramental gifting, devotional items) and target customer (individual Catholic consumers), with an e-commerce-first model.
• Autom / Autom Merchandise Corp. Catholic books, gifts, and church supplies retailer serving parishes, schools, and individual faithful. Comparable B2B + B2C model with overlapping church supply and sacramental assortment.
• GHI (Gaspar's) - Liturgical Arts: Specialty Catholic liturgical supplier of vestments, sacred vessels, sanctuary appointments, and clergy apparel. Comparable on the B2B church-supply side, particularly chalices, vestments, and sanctuary furnishings.
• Pauline Books & Media: Catholic publishing house and retail chain operated by the Daughters of St. Paul, with bookstores and online sales of books, music, religious articles, and sacramentals. Comparable in books/media and gift assortment, plus physical retail presence in select markets.
• Abbey Gifts: Catholic and Christian gifts retailer offering religious jewelry, home decor, and devotional items. Directly comparable product mix and target customer (Catholic faithful purchasing gifts and devotional items).
• Trinity Stores: Online Catholic and Christian retail store offering books, gifts, jewelry, and church supplies. Comparable as a multi-category Catholic goods retailer with overlapping assortment in sacramental, devotional, and gift categories.
• The Catholic Company: Largest direct-to-consumer online Catholic retailer in the U.S., offering religious gifts, jewelry, books, and home decor. Highly comparable as a national e-commerce-first Catholic goods retailer competing for the same B2C faithful.

Broad incumbents

• Our Sunday Visitor: Large Catholic publisher and parish resources provider offering books, missals, parish programs, and religious articles. Comparable in Catholic publishing and parish supply, with a broader institutional footprint than Catholic Supply of St. Louis.

Others

• Things Remembered: Specialty gift and personalized-occasion retailer offering engraving and customized gifts for sacraments, weddings, and milestones. Comparable on personalized Catholic gift occasions (First Communion, Baptism, Confirmation) as an adjacent channel competitor.

Regional players

• Ignatius Press: Catholic publisher and online retailer of Catholic books, gifts, and media with strong orthodoxy-focused assortment. Comparable on the books/media side and on online Catholic retail, though primarily publishing-anchored rather than retail-anchored.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/catholicsupply
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Investors

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Investments

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