Royd Anderson, Pat Andras, Jack Belsom, Michael M. Davis, John Fitzmorris, Dr. Colette Stelly Friend, Dr. Bob Hopkins, Margaret Kelly, Mike Killeen, Barbara Knill, Anne Komly, Dr. Thomas Ryan, Rosemary Ryan, Father Kenneth S. Smith
Our Story
The Catholic Book Store was the brainchild of Florence Henderson, a young New Orleanian who tired of sending to New York for spiritual reading. The store which she opened downtown in October 1939 became her life's work. In 1979 a group of Catholic persons, both laity and religious, met to provide a retirement for Florence and to establish a not-for-profit organization to operate the Book Store. We, The Catholic Book Store Foundation, are the offspring of that courageous woman and the inciteful group of laity and religious who formed the Foundation. We carry Florence's dream into the future.