Why aren't there any Catholic bookstores?

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When I go to try and find Catholic books out in public, I can’t find any? There are bookstores, but the bookstores are all evangelical in nature or Protestant books. Why do Protestants have a monopoly on public bookstores? How are Catholics to learn more about their faith, when the church doesn’t sell their literature to the public?
 
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When I go to try and find Catholic books out in public, I can’t find any? There are bookstores, but the bookstores are all evangelical in nature or Protestant books. Why do Protestants have a monopoly on public bookstores? How are Catholics to learn more about their faith, when the church doesn’t sell their literature to the public?
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Sisters of St. Paul have a great book store. Also, there are many Catholic Book Stores on line. Many Protestant book stores carry or will order Catholic Material. Many Churches, at least here in Chicago, have book stores too.

If you really have problems finding Catholic-Stuff, go to www.justcatholic.com or www.catholicbkstore.com or www.catholic.org/bookstore/ (I bet Catholic Answers has a book store too 😉 )
 
Catholics do not shop at the stores, so they each close after a couple years of trying to stay afloat. Many Catholics shop at “Christian” stores.
 
My town had one named St. Gregory’s, but unfortunately this was back in my lukewarm days. I never went there and it closed finally. I feel somehow at fault…now I can’t believe I never went in to see what they had. 😦
 
There’s a “Religious Goods” store near my house that sells mostly Catholic books and church supplies (I don’t think they even have any Protestant Bibles :eek: ) their website is chiarellis.com/

Go on switchboard.com and under Business search, type in “Religious Goods & Church Supplies” in the Business Name, Category, or Keyword(s) box. Put in your zip code and have it include surrounding areas.
 
Often many convents or retreat centers will have religious goods for sale. I am one who likes to order online through Catholic Answers, JustCatholic.com (part of the proceeds go to your church) and Abbey Press.
 
There are a few around. We have one in our home town North of Denver, and Denver has a good one also. One thing for sure, if you find one in your area, support them!

John
 
Here, in the East Valley, we have 2 that I’m aware of;

Catholic Books and Gifts on Roosevelt and Broadway in Tempe

Mary Mother of God in Poca Fiesta on Southern Ave. in Mesa.

I prefer Catholic Books and Gifts but I can’t walk out of there without spending at least $50. no matter if I went in for just a prayer card. There is too much great stuff!

There are many on line but I just love to browse and touch.
 
I know that there is one here in Houston (Veritas.com) and one south of here in League City. The one in Houston as been around for about 10 years. Luckily we have a seminary in town and a Catholic University, so it gets lots of students, ect.
 
I live in South Jersey, near to the bridge into PA. About 3 miles over the bridge, in Aston, PA, there is a great little store called “The Word”. They are mostly Catholic with some Protestant stuff. They carry books, candles, gift items, music, pictures, school uniforms, wedding invitations, chalices and patens, and so much more. We are so blessed to have it so near, and we go there pretty often (and spend a bunch of money!) 😃 Someone mentioned that Catholics don’t support Catholic book stores, and I agree. I think it is because there are so many “cultural” Catholics who don’t continue to learn about there faith. So sad. 😦

Peace,
Linda
 
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gladtobe:
When I go to try and find Catholic books out in public, I can’t find any? There are bookstores, but the bookstores are all evangelical in nature or Protestant books. Why do Protestants have a monopoly on public bookstores? How are Catholics to learn more about their faith, when the church doesn’t sell their literature to the public?
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I’ve been to that Family Bookstore, can’t remember the real name, but they have a Catholic section. The store can’t just cater to one denomination. Another reason is the Christian population where you live may not have a high concentration of Catholics. I wouldn’t declare it a “monoploy” either, sounds like you are suggesting Protestants are making a concious effort to weed Catholics out.

You can get just about any book on the internet nowadays.
 
We have three just on the West side of town. One (St. Francis of Assisi) is so popular it has grown from one strore front to three in the last several years. They can special order almost anything but won’t order or carry books by heterodox writers. I know, I tried to get them to order a Thomas Keating book for me 😉 . As someone mentioned there is Veritas downtown and Mary Regina there too. Besides SFA the other two on the West side are Little Flowers and Theodores. Many of the parishes run bookstores too and can order things they don’t have.

The “Christian” bookstores here don’t carry anything Catholic. They do all have a good selection of the Whore of Babalon stuff and explaining how to “save” your Catholic friends.

This is a Bible belt town (the NJV) and I was pleasantly surprized when we came here.

Gladtrobe, I don’t know where you live but you can check the diocisan newspaper if you can’t find any in the phone book. They almost always advertise there.
 
Here in Cincinnati I can name two Catholic stores: The Catholic Shop is on the east side of Cincinnati. One of the owners is Jennifer Giroux who is in charge of Women Influencing the nation. She has made several appearances on Scarborough Country. She is a fine lady

The other Catholic store is The Good Shepherd on the west side of Cincinnati. They also have a fine selection of Catholic music and books, as well as jewlery.
 
We ave a Daughters of St. Pauls in Charleston, S.C. It has been there a very long time. Since they are supported by a very large order of sisters, I dout they would go under. I order most of my books and stuff online now. I mostly use leaflet missal company in Minnesota, but they can sometimes be slow getting the merchandise out and shipped.
 
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CinciMom:
Here in Cincinnati I can name two Catholic stores: The Catholic Shop is on the east side of Cincinnati. One of the owners is Jennifer Giroux who is in charge of Women Influencing the nation. She has made several appearances on Scarborough Country. She is a fine lady

The other Catholic store is The Good Shepherd on the west side of Cincinnati. They also have a fine selection of Catholic music and books, as well as jewlery.
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my wife and I live In Rockford, Il where we have a Catholic bookstoore known as Vineyard Books and Gifts. As I read elswhere in this website it’s very difficult to walk out of that store without spending lots of money there’s so much good stuff there!
 
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gladtobe:
When I go to try and find Catholic books out in public, I can’t find any? There are bookstores, but the bookstores are all evangelical in nature or Protestant books. Why do Protestants have a monopoly on public bookstores? How are Catholics to learn more about their faith, when the church doesn’t sell their literature to the public?
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I “operated” a small Catholic bookshelf in a parish several years ago. Most people would look but didn’t buy. I found out that many Catholics simply purchased items off the internet much cheaper then I could provide them even with the discounts provided by the publishers. I also talked with the owner of a Catholic store in a near by city. They indicated that many people would come in look around and leave without buying anything. Some would come in and look over the first Communion veils, but not buy any. Only to go home and use what they saw as a pattern to make their own.
 
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gladtobe:
When I go to try and find Catholic books out in public, I can’t find any? There are bookstores, but the bookstores are all evangelical in nature or Protestant books. Why do Protestants have a monopoly on public bookstores? How are Catholics to learn more about their faith, when the church doesn’t sell their literature to the public?
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You do not say where you are, but many Catholic bookstores do not really advertise. The one here in Scranton I found by accident.

As stated in another post, the Pauline Sisters have bookstores across the country. Here is the link: daughtersofstpaul.com/bookcenters/index.html

PF
 
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Here, in the East Valley, we have 2 that I’m aware of;

Catholic Books and Gifts on Roosevelt and Broadway in Tempe

Mary Mother of God in Poca Fiesta on Southern Ave. in Mesa.

I prefer Catholic Books and Gifts but I can’t walk out of there without spending at least $50. no matter if I went in for just a prayer card. There is too much great stuff!

There are many on line but I just love to browse and touch.
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Go in during Lent and limit yourself to no more $10’s worth at most 🙂​

 
I wish there was more in the town that I live in. We used to have a nice one but it went out of business a couple years ago. There is a small store called Ave Maria Catholic Shop but they have only like one shelf of books. It’s mostly just small statues, some medals and rosaries, prayer cards and such…they have a lot of stuff for baptisms and weddings though. On the other hand there is like a Protestant superstore on the same road :rolleyes: that gets way more business. I like to stop in to Ave Maria at times though just to poke around and buy something small. If it helps keep 'em around, why not.
I have bought stuff online before too though.
 
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