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In 2006, Anne Steed started Silver Cross Catholic Store in Fort Loramie. Driven by a desire to sell authentic Catholic goods and books, she decided to open her own business. In 2021, Ann and Missy Bennett began discussing the sale of the store. Missy and her husband Jim purchased the store in November of that year.
The Silver Cross Catholic Store sells a wide variety of authentic Catholic religious materials, including rosaries, miracle medals, chapel veils, prayer booklets and candles, saint coins and medals, baptismal supplies, and more.
In addition to religious items, we also sell books, Bibles, CDs, and DVDs. The store offers items for the sacraments of the Church such as Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Repentance, Holy Orders, and Marriage. Silver Cross also accepts gift returns. We also sell gift items such as greeting cards, home decor, prints, mugs, jewelry, blankets, socks, and scarves.
The children’s and baby’s section of the store features books, games and toys for all ages. Some of the products on sale are Catholic Coffee Heavenly Roasts, Salt and Light by Sami, The Catholic Pipe Company, and Eileen’s Natural Soap and Essentials, domestica Woodworks, Caritas Dei, Populate Heaven, Abundantly Yours, Bettinger CNC, Hazel & Honey, Prayerful Lives, Catholic Sprouts, Emily Wilson Ministries, Journeys Revealed Ministries, Ad Jesum Per Mariam Rosaries, Timmerman Woodworking, Art on Maple, SJA Custom Catholic Creations.
The store hosts a women’s ministry called “Wine, Women, Jesus” and a men’s ministry called “Bible, Bourbon, Brothers.” Both groups meet on the second Tuesday of each month, with women meeting on odd-numbered months and men on even-numbered months. The store also hosts book study groups on various topics and timelines.
The name itself has personal meaning to Fort Loramie locals. In 1872, a sterling silver artistic cross measuring 9 inches long and 6 inches wide was discovered on the site of Loramie’s store and train station from 1769 to 1783. This was seen as a sign that Peter Loramie was the first white man in the area. messenger of the gospel. The cross is currently on display at the Fort Loramie Wilderness Trail Museum and the company’s logo.
