Who We Are

We give glory to God for the incredible fruitfulness of our clients and partners. Together, we accomplish so much each year:

We ship over 270,000 orders a year

We send nearly 3.8 million Catholic products to individuals, parishes, schools, bookstores, and distributors per year

We resolve nearly 184, 000 email support tickets per year

We respond to customers in less than 4 hours on average

We answer over 31,000 calls per year

We’ve consulted on technology and communications for more than 50 different Catholic brands

We contribute software to more than 30 websites and apps each year

We’ve helped to launch 14 new eCommerce websites (and we're likely building one now!)

We send email campaigns to over a million subscribers each year

We develop ad campaigns for 20 Catholic brands reaching tens of millions of Catholics each year

Key Moments of Our Story

November 2015

Launched as a spinoff company from Lighthouse Catholic Media

Many of our employees made up the creative, distribution, and support teams that powered Lighthouse—the world’s largest distributor of Catholic audio presentations. We’ve proudly harnessed 10 years of passion, expertise, and infrastructure from our industry roots to serve our clients.

February 2016

Discerned our name

Our name “5 Stones” comes from the biblical narrative of David defeating the seemingly unassailable Goliath. Humbly we seek to be a tool in the hands of the many “Davids” that put their vision and talents at the service of the Church today.
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We believe that all of our clients are engaged in their unique call to serve the Church and the world. Our brand is a constant reminder that nothing is possible without Jesus Christ and that those who serve him faithfully and fearlessly can do remarkable things.

June 2017

Broke ground on Sycamore Facility

We’re pleased to serve our clients from a beautiful, 90,000 square foot facility in Sycamore, Illinois. Originally offering over 1 million cubic feet of climate-controlled warehouse space, we've since expanded to now feature almost 3 million cubic feet in the distribution center. Our Midwest location is ideal for shipping coast-to-coast for our growing list of fulfillment clients. Stop by for a visit and see it for yourself!

February 2020

Launched our Catholic eCommerce Brand Cedar House

In the summer of 2020, we discerned a new expression of our mission to support Catholic apostolates and facilitate encounters with Jesus Christ. While most of our time is spent serving our clients through our five core services, we also wanted a way to promote smaller content creators and makers directly to a Catholic audience.

So we built Cedar House—a Catholic online store where shoppers can find unique, faithful products from amazing Catholic people. And we’re proud to directly connect our audience with our sellers' websites and social media accounts so that we can support them by selling their products and driving traffic to their brand.

And, yes, it's another reference to David—drawing inspiration from his desire to build a house of worship that is worthy of the glory of God.

For more information on why we do that work, visit CedarHouse.co.

SPRING 2022

Increased Fulfillment Efficiency with New Automation

We already had more than two million cubic feet of climate-controlled space and a dedicated, hardworking staff. Then we revolutionized how it all worked by introducing new technologies that have greatly maximized our efficiency.
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The result—we’re now shipping almost 4 million items per year and preparing orders 15 times faster than we were before! And we’re the go-to logistics provider for more than 40 Catholic apostolates that are either in a new season of growth or were dissatisfied with their previous third-party providers.