I went to the magnificent Latin Mass at St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago on the last Sunday in August at 11am. Its definitely the most beautiful church I have ever entered!! The beauty is absolutely spectacular! There was great reverence for Our Lord. There are several Mass times. I highly recommend visiting this church for Mass or prayer.The parking is limited to a small lot or street parking. I took an Uber. It worked perfectly for me.

You will see living history with a Liturgy proposes seriousness, respect and reverence in worship. After coming here you wont want to attend Mass anywhere else . . .

Highlight of this awesome church - the religious community here and the relics in the back of the church. It’s just so pretty because of all the golden colors. Also check out my review in the YouTube channel “Uniquely Mary”.

If you want that feeling of Rome, this beautiful Church will wow you with Godly like glory! A must place to visit and pray in Chicago!

A place of sublime beauty and peace. You really connect with the historicity and grand nature of your Catholic faith when its expressed with such sacred care.

A beautiful church, lots of beautiful art everywhere and lots of saint relics in the back of the building.

I had a tour of the church conducted by Fr. Joshua, an excellent guide. I was impressed with the Old World beauty and the remarkable history of how this magnificent church returned from obscurity and near-closure to again become the spiritual center of its community. I look forward to returning for Mass.

My husband and I chose to get married here not only for the beauty of the building but also for the beauty and reverence of the liturgy. If you are looking for a reverent church look no further. No one offers a mass that honors God more.

Most beautiful church I have ever seen!

Monasteries preserved knowledge during the dark ages. St John Cantius is preserving our faith in the current dark age.

Extreme love and reverence for the Blessed Sacrament among parishioners and the Canons Regular. I feel at home, spiritually enriched, and fortified to live authentically Catholic culture in a world that rejects it!

I have been coming her for years, and I have made so many friends. Everyone is very friendly, including the priests and brothers, and I rarely want to leave. There is a beautifully reverent atmosphere, and I love all the extra activities they do, like summer camp, the march for life, crusaders for life, etc. This is my favorite church and would give it an infinite number of stars if I could. The church it self is an architectural wonder, full of gold, beautiful statues, carvings, and such. If you have not been here, you must come visit once at least!

Fantastically beautiful church with frequently available confessions and mass times. They offer masses in both Latin (more frequent) and English (less frequent), and both are among the most beautiful masses Ive ever seen. Wonderful choir, wonderful priests, and an excellent people. If youre on the blue line on Sunday, you should be heading to St. John Cantius!

One of the most Majestic places on earth.

My friend adam chlebek played his senior recital here...sounded beautiful. What a breathtaking church and organ

Amazing Holy Mass and Divine Office. This is how the Liturgy should be celebrated in churches across the world. Soul-resoundingly beautiful.

Wow, what a stunning place to be!!The whole main Church is designed and beautifully decorated in ornate wooden patterns, and is incredible to behold! Some beautiful side altars, and a reliquary cabinet to rival the Vatican, lol!Not to mention the beautiful way that the priests celebrate the New and Old forms of the Mass!!If youre a devout Catholic, or interested in deep Catholic devotion, the Canons of St. John Cantius have the place for you!!

Even if you are not Catholic or even Christian, go visit this Baroque-style church and enjoy its beauty. Built in only 5 years (1893-1898) by Polish immigrants, it drips of gold ornamentation, is filled with majestic sculptures, and illuminated by wonderful stainglass windows. Because of who built the church, there are numerous Polish accents throughout the church - the Stations of the Cross are described in Polish, and several murals and stainglass windows are adorned with Polish sentences. There is no shortage of frankincense, which complements the Holy Mass celebrated in Latin.If you are just a visitor interested in the architecture of the building alone, please be considerate to the parishioners, as this is a very alive, active parish, and not a museum.

Amazing every time I go I love it even more.

Attended a beautiful concert for Our Lady Notre Dame de Paris.

Real faithful attend here.

This has to be the .last beautiful church I have ever been to in IL! Go for Christmas eve mass. The orchestra and choir are amazing!

Beautiful church! I want to visit so bad!

A most wonderful spiritual experience; I feel so blessed every time I visit.

I like the latín mass. The picnic área amazing

Beautiful! Traditional Latin Mass is the best!

Beautiful services, mystic religious experience, lovely architecture.

Beautiful Polish-built Church. Confession Offered every mass. Very traditional. Love it! We drive 1.5 hrs. to be here.

The most beautiful Catholic Church in ChicagoSt. John Cantius is the diamond in the rough, the oasis in the desert, the Roman Catholic Faith in Chicago.The canons are an inspiration and dedicate their lives to worship and beautiful liturgies. You can come in and hear real Gregorian Chant. They are also generous with their time.I highly recommend visiting St. John Cantius!

Beautiful church, very large and accommodating to a large crowd. They do a fantastic job at decorating for the holidays. All faiths come to Mass.

THE place to go in Chicago for a beautifully executed orthodox Mass. The church itself is breathtaking, as well. Sunday 9am is in English.

It is a very traditional Polish Church with solemn worship prayers. I was blessed being there.

Stunning Church, fantastic community, beautiful liturgies.

It was the first time my husband and I attended a Latin mass together. It was such a solemn, ethereal, out-of-this world experience.

The architecture inside and out is amazingly exquisite. Came here to see The Newberry Consort and the concert was absolutely phenomenal.

What a beautifully-restored Catholic Church! I was there for the Broken Mary walk from the church to Water Tower. A great way to honor our Blessed Mother, foster peace, and meet wonderful people. It was a completely peaceful event, and a great witness to the people of Chicago that not all marches through the streets have to be loud, raucous, or angry.

Church is adorned with the high ceilings and has a wonderful choir.

Completely stunning. I am still at total awe and shock and peace a day after attending my first mass at SJC. It is beautiful, amazing chants, very great priests. I highly recommend to anyone who is looking for a warm community and reverent liturgy.

Loved the Latin Mass..felt like a little girl kneeling for holy communion, confessions offered during the entire Sunday mass( every parish should offer this)

It is probably one of the most architecturally beautiful churches in Chicago. It also has a wonderful group of Priests and Brothers, the Canons Regular of St John Cantius. If youre looking for beautiful and deeply spiritual liturgies, this is the place. The choir and schola are an amazing plus to the liturgy, powerfully proclaiming the Gospel. Make sure to visit

Restoring the sacred. One of the most beautiful churches in Chicago.

Very solemn, and traditional as they practice mass in Latin, also have adoration of Holy Sacrament on Wednesdays after mass. They are like a Museum as they have a collection of Holy artifacts including piece of the original crown of thorns Jesus wore. It is a church and service one must experience, as the mass services are different from service one may be use to.

Recommended for watered down Catholicism.

I love this beautiful Catholic ChurchThe Stained glass windows.

It was fine. Im looking around for a church to attend.I really didnt get much out of the mass. The message was not very exciting and the priest spoke in a very monotone voice not very enthusiastic. The chants and singing in the beginning was the best part of the whole service.

Absolutely beautiful church. Were only there for a brief visit and met three kind priests who welcomed us and passed along some history of church and knowledge about the extensive collection of relics.

Beautiful old and unique Catholic Church

Beautiful reverent church so desperately needed in Chicago area. Just awe-inspiring & better yet, sticks to the rubiks, teachings & lessons of Jesus & our church.

The choir has members of the opera, the Christmas orchestra has membersof from the symphony, so the music was outstanding from Gregorian chants to Christmas carols. The interior has been restored and its s a beautiful piece of 125 year old architecture. The pageantry of the real meaning of Christmas is palpable. And the icing on the cake.....when all the lights are off and flame is passed person to person can bring you to tears. The entire church is ablaze with just candlelight. Its old fashioned and classical. You can feel every ghost thats been wed or baptized or confirmed or buried from the church. The woodwork is mindblowing. So so so organic. It feels as though its alive and happy that you are in its interior. It couldnt have beenmore any nicer. I brought a friend who hadnt been to church in almost 50 yrs. And he felt it too. It doesnt make a difference when you go...its always FANTASTIC.

Gorgeous and inspiring church. Named as one of the most beautiful churches in America. Love the Latin mass and respectful attitude toward the eucharist!

Beautiful, classic, ornate church reminiscent of the medieval churches of Europe. In fact, it rivals any we saw in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, England, etc. We did not have the opportunity to attend Mass here, and probably wont since we prefer praying in a language we understand and has meaning to us, and many of the liturgies here are in Latin.

Beautiful ornate church with Latin masses. If you are a true Catholic faith follower you NEED to at least stop by and see for yourself

Beautiful church. Went there the Friday before Easter and was pleasantly suprise of hearing a Latin high mass and a choir. It was very spiritual and beautiful and something I had not experienced since I was a teen. Thank you.

I went there because I heard it is the most beautiful church in th US. It is worth visiting. And they have mass in latin

Beautiful traditional mass with confession (in confessionals) available during the service. The music is done by a stunning professional ensemble and the confessors are always really good. Some priests have a gift for hearing confessions and I think these ones do. The art in the church is akin to what youd see in European churches, beautiful traditional statues and paintings, with an ornate alter. I really recommend going here at least once if you visit Chicago for their traditional Latin mass at 12:30 on sunday (go to their website and check out the times in case this changes). If youre a local, Im sure youll want to make time to see this place one sunday. Its also not too far from some great spots to eat, and theres normally parking near the church. Public Transport and walking are also not hard to do in this location. For the ladies, veiling is definitely present but not demanded, so feel free to wear yours if you do. Its also not a bad place to try it out for the first time if you are thinking of starting, since either option is pretty well represented and you wont feel out of place. One last note, there are always lots of children, so if you have kids, dont hesitate to bring them to the traditional Latin service. This wasnt my home church in Chicago, (byzantine catholic, not roman) but I always enjoyed coming here when I did.

There are many beautiful surrounding churches.However, there is not one than compares to St. John Cantius.If you want to attend mass the service here is the real deal.A piece of heaven on earth.

A time of powerful prayer.

Amazing traditional Catholic church. Holds traditional high mass in latin.

Beautiful church and amazing parishioners. I seldomly come here because my parish is Holy Trinity (Noble and Division), but Latin Mass here is a must!

Awe inspiring! One of the most beautiful churches I have ever visited.

I WENT TO THIS CHURCH ON A SUNDAY SERVICE AND I SWEAR ON MY SOUL THEY PUT ME OUT (LIKE EIGHT NINE PEOPLE DID FOR NO REASON )FACTS FACTS GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO SAY THERE RACIST,RUDE, AND SORT OF WEIRD ANY REAL BELIEVERS SHOULD JUST SEE THE JESUS ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THATS THE BEST THING . I RANKED THIS CHURCH TOP 10 WORST IN THE WORLD WITH OUT THE JESUS STATUE IN THE YARD. PERIOD. (ANYBODY WANNA TALK) GOD BLESS ....

Beautiful and traditional church. Teach great values.

It is a Beatiful Church with Beatiful chanting.

Beautiful church. It offers both the Traditional Latin Mass (Tridentine, identified as Extraordinary Form on the website) and the ordinary form in both English and Latin. The canons that run the parish do a phenomenal job of restoring the Sacred.

Beautiful and calming

I love so much love, respect, reverence for our Lord, they have the kneelers, the railing, is very important, because I couldnt get up with out support, that is huge.

Beautiful church building. They have latin service. The choir is outstanding! I have felt at peace here. If you are Catholic you must attend. Midnight mass is beautiful and overpowering. Now,if you are Protestant,Agnostic,Aethist, you must experience this church at least once.

The church is really beautiful. The sermons generally have some sort of crazy statements in them.For instance, on New Years Day, the priest at the Latin mass talked about how the blood from Jesuss circumcision couldve saved all of humanity then and there, but instead Jesus sacrificed himself.Other examples usually entailed talking about the weakness of being a woman like when my brother got married there.Or describing what angels and demons look like in great detail even though nobody alive has ever seen one.

Such a beautiful Church. Our experience was nothing short of amazing.

Amazing parish. Beautiful liturgy

This is NOT a Polish parish. But a unique church, in that there are Holy Masses in both English and Latin, both the Traditional Latin Mass and the New Rite, or Novus Ordo in English and Latin, plus several choirs that sing many styles of traditional Sacred Music. There are two professional organists, and a professional choirmaster. There are two Gregorian chant scholas that chant Gregorian chant.

Not sure this is the most beautiful church in USA, but it is beautiful. A nice place to have a weeding.

The church is beautiful and its the best I be ever seen

Gorgeous church

Beautiful Holy Pentecost High Latin Mass. Bright red rose petals falling like the Holy Spirit from the ceiling at the end of Mass replicated the coming of the Holy Spirit on the birthday of the Church.

Beautiful Church

Very somber and beautiful. Highly recommend this parish. Dinged one star as their highly involved wedding date request process went unanswered and, when calling into an answering service, were told theyll call us back but they never do.

One of only a handful of Catholic churches left that offer ad orientum, reverant liturgy - lex orandi, lex credendi - well worth the hour long drive

Its such a big and beautiful church.

Gorgeous church and beautiful Mass. Very traditional. Wonderful experience.

Beats any Church in Europe. And they were extremely accomodating. A must see. But the spiritual oasis it provides is such a blessing amidst all the hustle bustle of the urban jungle

From 1893. Any babyboomer Catholics would feel back in elementary school. Absolutely stunning.

Lots of history here. Gorgeous church. Really nice people.

Want to meet the Holy Spirit? Come here. IMHO, this church and the Canons in residence here will turn your faith life around.

This is the place for us traditional Roman Catholics to escape the secularization of our beloved One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church

A true sanctuary of Truth, Good, and Beauty. This Church practices the Faith as handed down by our Lord Jesus, his Apostles and the Early Fathers. If only more churches could follow their example of following Gods ways, the ancient path, instead of our own.

Fantastic choir, amazing old church with beautiful architecture

Beautiful parish with a great pastor and staff! St. John Cantius is one of the reasons I am Catholic today!

The entire church is gorgeous! Has Latin and vernacular masses. Also has the High Mass in Latin. The choir is absolutely gorgeous when its singing world-class performances to glorify God in the mass. The church was built in the early 20th century and has spectacular art and architecture maintained by the Canons Regular, an order dedicated to the preservation and revival of beauty. Parking is hard to come by, but definitely worth the trip.

Incredible! Brother Quinn is a Holy Man of God!

Beautiful just beautiful.

Nice place and kind people

Most beautiful Catholic church in Chicago.

They are very, very reverent of the Mass. It was and is extremely edifying to attend Mass there. As a child it had a large part in forming me in the faith. And of course, the church is amazingly beautiful.

Great church

This church is beautiful! If you are a fan of church architecture and art, you should check this church out

Cantius has created such a deep aura of reference and awe; the services are majestic, the music is great, confession is almost always available, and the church overflows with a deep, abiding sense of the Sacred nature of God.

One of chicago most beautiful churches!!

One of the most beautiful, holy, and overall best place in Chicago to spend time with Christ, and His humble servants

Absolutely gorgeous! This church often have excellent concerts and pilgrimages on special events. Definitely worth attending.