St Joseph Catholic Church — Attraction in New Orleans

This church is so special to me. The beauty spiritual feeling is indescribable. Every visit is even more special than the last visit. In the past, It was really challenging to connect & understand priests that I encountered. But from the very first visit. I could understand the scriptures because Father Tom would explain and discuss in his Homily. I believe if a person can understand and connect with a priest who can deliver God's message from the Bible.. that's the experience that I have been searching for. I love how the lovely music is incorporated into the mass. I can't say enough about...

The exterior is stunning old traditional architecture. The interior is, likewise, incredibly beautiful. The altar appears to have remained untouched in the aftermath of Vatican Council II. However, the old traditional confessional booths appear to be used as storage, which is lame, to say the least. Furthermore, the rear of the Church appears to have been altered or “wreckovated” for whatever reason and one can tell it is not original to the structure(picture attached). Three stars only because the alterations to the rear were not necessary. Visited this Church on...

Beautiful old carpentry workmanship on there. Also Beautiful paintings, stained glass windows and statues. There is also plenty of beautiful floor to stand on. It all just accents and complement everything else. The amazingly perfect vaulted, Crawford ceilings, really make the organ pipes, sound perfect. Almost like the intro for a angelic host of choir songs. Very humbling building to stand inside of. Thanks for keeping it maintained and breathtakingly awesome building to go...