Our Story



 

Who We Are

Handmade Catholic Shop LLC began with a simple idea . . . to provide people with items that inspire prayer. We started with one scapular and soon grew into an entire shop. We wanted to share sacramentals that could bring a little more light of God's grace into the world and be shared as gifts for any occasion. For "we do not pray to change divine decree, but only to obtain what God has decided will be obtained through prayer." (St Thomas Aquinas)

What We Do

Every item on our website is made entirely by hand. The chaplets and rosaries begin as medals, pins and beads, the crucifixes from boards of wood, the veils from bolts of fabric, and the scapulars from wool and images. We pray for every customer and strive to create items that will endure in the hopes that they will be frequently used! For "prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God." (St Padre Pio)

Why We Work

Prayer is the reason for it all . . . it is the reason why we create religious items day after day. A person of prayer is one who is intimately united with God and strives to please Him in all things . . . so we work to provide items that connect God to all His friends. For "prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us." (St Teresa of Avila)