The history of Wednesday lunches at St. Raymond’s [Video]

The Riverfront Times published an article in 1980 that said “St. Raymond’s stands as a monument to hard work and good lunches,” and 44 years later, people still gather at the church each Wednesday over kibbee and meat pies. 

Theresa Miller’s family arrived in St. Louis from Lebanon in 1911.

“They all came here and they all talked about what they wanted to do here, start their church, cook,” Miller says. 

When you ask Ralph Wahby how he got involved with the church, “Yeah, I got born Lebanese. My mother and father were both Lebanese. They were born here in St Louis. And my grandparents were immigrants, so I was born into it,” Wahby says. 

And Ameal Nassif, well, “I’m 98 years old. I’m the oldest one here …