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The Basilica Landmark
Help preserve and restore America’s First Basilica!

The Basilica of Saint Mary
We are located on Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Phone: 612.333.1381
A map, email contact, parking information and mailing address is also available.

Ecological Stewardship
Leave the world a better place for future generations.

Weekly Musings Blog
Our pastor and staff directors share their thoughts, insights and inspirations.

Recent Publications
· Weekly Newsletter
  May 24, 2013
· Parish Bulletin
  May 24, 2013
· BASILICA Magazine
  April 26, 2013

Today's Reading
Thursday of week 7 of the year

Spirituality

The Personal Life unfolds as we discern our gifts and listen to God's call in our lives. As we grow as disciples of Christ, there is a desire to have God as the center of life and to deepen our prayer. The disciple seeks to find the sacred in every aspect of life.

Spiritual opportunities seek to provide a variety of ways for parishioners to experience conversion, and to be drawn deeper into their relationship with God-thus discerning their call and gifts, and claiming avenues of service to the community.

• Spiritual Direction
• Prayer
• Prayer Shawls
• Traditions
• Labyrinth

The Basilica Labyrinth

The Basilica became a peace site in April, 2008. As part of the initiative, we built a labyrinth.

A unique form of art because of the relationship that exists between glass and light. The windows of the side aisles show full-sized figures from the Bible were made in the Thomas J. Gaytee studios during the 1920’s. – Photo by Michael Jensen. [Close]