Albert Thomas Merhaut, founder of A.T. Merhaut, Inc. was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1927. After 1.5 years in the Monastery, in 1959, Mr. Merhaut began his career in church supplies as a salesman for Templegate in downtown Pittsburgh. Ten years later, Mr. Merhaut bought Templegate and renamed it A.T.Merhaut Church Books & Supplies. Since then, the company has continued to grow and in 2007 it came to its current on Route 8 in Allison Park, PA.