St. Paul’s Catholic Church

Reviewing from a fair-​weather Catholic point of view, this is my favorite church in the city so far (barring perhaps the cathedral). It’s in a good neighborhood (I’ll usually park over on 11^th st.), and has 7pm masses for holy days of obligation (convinient for my 9 – 5 commute schedule out of the city). I have a small group of friends to attend with, and these masses are never crowded. The priests have had pretty decent homilies, and I am overall satisfied with the experience here.
The church itself is beautiful, and I love to spend a few minutes gazing around after mass has ended. Some day I’d love to hear a christmas choir here (the few masses that have had a choir were quite pleasant here, and I think the acoustics are good).
Worth a visit even if it’s not your home parish.

This review is entirely based on the grounds and facilities, not on worship services, Bible studies relevance to one’s spirituality, nor priests’ character or level of compassion.
In the passing of my travels with my two very good close friends, (yes indeed – men come and go but girlfriends are FOREVER!!) I was in dire need of a facility to dispense #1. Facilities are handicap equipped with side railing. A RC church where the sanctuary is clean and very ornate amid, extremely dark. Solace to achieve inner peace and/​or to be one with God is ample during off-​service hours.

St. Paul’s pretty much turned out to be exactly what I was looking for.
I grew up Catholic and this style of church makes sense to me. The mass was familiar, it’s offered at a variety of times and it’s pretty close to my house. All of these reasons got me to finally go back to church. I’ve been going for a month straight now (every Sunday) and it’s become part of my regular routine. The priests clearly put work into what they say after the gospel and I’m always left thinking about what they’ve said.
As a side bonus, Sabrina’s is across the street and Santucci’s is around the corner. Post mass brunch time!

Latin mass at noon every week

I started attempting to go back to Church around ²⁰⁰⁶⁄₇. By «attempt» I mean I would wake up, look at the clock and see that Mass started in a half hour, stick my tongue out at the alarm, smash it into tiny pieces and go back to sleep. I walked into this Church in Nov 2009 out of curiosity. I saw that they were offering the Traditional Latin Mass, and thought I would see what it was like, plus it was at Noon… so…I could still be lazy.
So…Latin Mass… was…so…confusing. I have a booklet, a leaflet, they are up there doing their thing, I can’t follow along… what page am I suppose to be on? Quite honestly it was kind of terrible…
I haven’t missed a Sunday since.
By the third Latin Mass I had ever attended, I was now an altar server.
Saint Paul’s is a beautiful Church, and a wonderful Parish. Father Carey is probably one of the most reverent Priests I have ever met, and is an excellent Pastor.
In Feb. 2010, thanks to the wonderful economy, I was laid off. Father Carey and the people at Saint Paul’s were very supportive. In a twist of good timing and fate, a job position there opened up, and I have now been employed at this Church for roughly 6 months.
…If you would have told me any of this would happen this time last year, I would have laughed in your face.

Stand across the street from this magnificent church across Christian street from Sabrina’s and take in the vaulted wooden entry ways, the perfect brick construction and appreciate the care with which this incredible edifice is maintained. So much for those who felt that you must have Carrara marble to dignify the construction of a «House of God» this church speaks to the genius of a grand vision with the most modest of materials. Walk in, on a sunny day if possible, you don’t have to be Catholic to be awed by the vaulting serenity and sheer beauty of what you will see, and it’s free.