Behind the Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life – St. Patrick’s, Billings, Montana

Founded in 1985 by Paul Klauber, Round Oak Woodworking specializes in liturgical furniture. The company’s staff of three hand-makes pulpits, chairs, crosses, altars, and other church furnishings in a small shop in St. Louis. Round Oak frequently works with artist Martin Erspamer, a Benedictine monk from Indiana. The company paired up with Erspamer on a $75,000 project to renovate St. Patrick’s in Billings, Montana, in 2000 and built a number of items for the church, including the altar, which is made of walnut and red oak.

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