The American Spiritual Ensemble at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

Date: Mar 23, 2025 | Time: 7:30 pm

The American Spiritual Ensemble at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. "The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to preserve and continue the tradition of storytelling through the performance and preservation of the American negro spiritual." Doors open one hour before the performance. See website for more info and to purchase tickets.

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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis | 314-373-8200 | Website

Archbishop John Glennon began building this beautiful cathedral in 1907 with a ground breaking ceremony and it wasn't offically completed until 1988. This "New Cathedral", as the locals call it, contains the largest mosaic collection in the world. Began in 1912 and completed in 1988, the mosaic collection was created by 20 different artists and covers 83,000 square feet and contains almost 42 million pieces of glass tesserae in more than 7,000 colors.

Visitors are encouraged to tour the cathedral on their own whenever there is not a mass or ceremony in progress. The cathedral also has a Mosaic Museum and the Cathedral Shop. The Cathedral Basilica hold special concerts and event throughout the year. Especially popular are the "Christmas at the Cathedral" concerts held during the Christmas season.

Daily Mass is held at the Cathedral Basilica, Monday through Friday, at 7am, 8am and 12:05pm. Saturday Mass is held at 8am and 5pm. Sunday Mass is held 4 times at 8am, 10am, 12pm and 5pm.

Directions: Located in the Central West End on Lindell Blvd, east of Kingshighway Blvd, between Newstead Avenue and Taylor Avenue.

Address:


4431 Lindell Blvd,
St. Louis, MO
63108




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