St. Benedict Catholic Church — Attraction in Duluth

The building isn't much to look at, inside or out. It's clear there was once an older church, from which a variety of statuary and stained glass has come, but all these have now been placed in the somewhat discordant context of the current utilitarian and aesthetically un-beautiful architecture. Tasteful painting behind the altar goes some distance to mitigate the problem. The Mass is extraordinary form, though, which is certainly solemn and beautiful. It's a curious convergence of...

A diocesan ran Novus Ordo parish that also offers the Traditional Latin Mass. There are no other Latin Mass communities in the Duluth area that I could find, so I was very thankful for the priests of this parish. If the area we are wanting to travel to does not offer a traditional Mass, we simply don't go there. Pray the Holy Father lifts the restrictions placed on this ancient form of the Mass so that it is easier for Catholics to pray the way our ancestors and...

I loved going to traditional latin mass here on my travels through the area. It's been years since I was able to go to one and just as going to mass helps me to recenter my life, going to traditional latin mass helped me to recenter my mass experience, to enter in more deeply and engage more whole heartedly than I have in years....