Saint Meinrad Books & Gifts — Local services in Santa Claus

I felt so sad walking in because the structure makes you believe you are about to enter an old world beauty, what you enter is something a tad bizzare. There is no tabernacle and the altar is on the floor near the front doors. After much searching we found Him tucked away behind a wall. It made me sad. But it was a pretty little area we just happened to find that did have kneeled at least. I had no desire to attend mass here though. The woman (I think a nun, you couldn't tell) at tge gift shop said it was worth seeing. It really wasnt, you can skip it even if you enjoy architecture, it's been wreckovated. They have pictures in the lobby of the visitors center of what it used to look like, now that would have been worth seeing! The gift shop is over priced, but I did get my St. Benedict crucifix there. I hate to say it wasn't worth the trip but you can go and see...

My family has been going there for years mostly around christmas.but over the last few years they're not offering as nice of stuff.we were buying unique ornaments from around the world adding to our collection.but those are now limited and few weeks we went and it looked more like a trinket shop of junk . Nothing I would want.yes some stuff was exspensive in the past .but because you could not find it elsewhere it was worth it. I bought an anniversary picture from there and it fell off my wall and broke. When I went back hopeing to find another even similar you stopped selling them. Please put the store back the way it was.we miss...

Shall we just call this place a Cathlolic persons paradise? Loads of religious items to look at, along with crafts. The place very clean and spacious and merchandise displayed well. I had to laugh.. Being religious is for the rich, because most of the items are extremely pricey. They also sell caskets here. So while you choose items to "religiousfy" your home while you're still alive, you can choose the box you will spend the hereafter in...