The Shrine of St. Joseph Mass and/or Tour

No cost, but please consider bringing $5 fir the docent.

Let's meet up for Mass (if you're so inclined) and/or the tour following Mass. Mass is at 11:00am. Tours of the St. Joseph Shrine take place after Mass (approximately 12:00 noon for those who would prefer not to attend Catholic Mass but just want to meet up with us after Mass). If you are coming to the tour only, please arrive by 11:45 and wait for Mass to end. As I recall when we last went in 2016, they started the tour at exactly noon!

"This beautiful old church, at the corner of 11th Street and Biddle in St. Louis, Missouri has a vast and interesting history. The church had its beginning in 1843. The Jesuits founded the parish to serve a pleasant residential community consisting mostly of German immigrants.

... the church is the site of the only authenticated miracle in the Midwest." (http://www.shrineofstjoseph.org/history1.html)

"...the Most Reverend Michael O'Connor, a Jesuit priest, made a thorough canonical investigation of the incident. In 1887, the miracle was formally declared authentic by Cardinal Bianchi in Rome. Therefore, it was chosen as one of the two required miracles in the canonization process of Peter Claver. He was canonized a Saint the following year. St. Joseph’s Church became the only church in St. Louis as a site of an authenticated miracle. It developed a legend of assistance to the afflicted."(http://www.shrineofstjoseph.org/history2.html)