Cathedral of the Incarnation — Attraction in Nashville-Davidson

I've been a parishioner here since 1997. I love my church family here. We have a thriving congregation of families, visitors and students that commute from all over the city and surrounding counties. We are blessed with Fr. Ed and Fr. Neely and a great quality group of deacons and staff. I'm clearly biased here and thought I might respond to a couple of the review comments here. The pews for Easter were saved for the winning bidders of the Knights of Columbus Silent Auction fundraiser. We have raised tens of thousands of dollars for Catholic Charities such as Room in the Inn and loaves and fishes over the years. One other item to note. Unfortunately, except during mass times when Cathedral staff are present, we are unable to leave our Sanctuary doors open due to problems with theft and vandalism. It is unbelievable people would deface or steal from a church but, shamefully, this is our world. Anyway, hope this helps. Peace be with you and please enjoy your visit to the Cathedral of the...

I had a disheartening interaction with a member of the clergy. I’m a baptized Catholic, but I haven’t attended mass in over 12 years. I’m still processing the interaction since in the moment I was too busy feeling embarrassed, but in hindsight, a warmer and more understanding approach could have been taken rather than the exasperated tone in which I was spoken to. I felt so judged for not remembering the order of things. Sure, I was clumsy, but I meant well and I had high hopes. I’ll be praying for this individual. I know sometimes we have off days—I understand that better than most. Ultimately, attending church was about my faith, and it was disheartening to see someone so established in theirs make me feel inferior about mine. I did enjoy mass, though. In that regard,...

Beautiful building! I attended a Daily Mass and it was perhaps one of the most reverent Ordinary Form Masses I've been to. The homily was excellent and applicable, and the community of people I encountered was welcoming.

My only gripe would be with the accessibility of the building. Doors were locked until it was almost time for Mass to begin, while sitting outside and praying the Daily Office (I had walked and wasn't about to give up on going to Mass over a 30 minute wait) I had 3 different people approach me and ask me if I was affiliated with the Church because they were interested in checking it out. One guy said he passed by here every day but would rather go in on his own time than attend Mass or another service where he might be expected to...