Sunday Masses
7:00am
10:00am
12:30pm
Saturday Vigil Mass – 5:00pm
1868
Northeast corner of 10th and Cedar December 20: Dedicated to Saint Louis, King of France
1869
1873
The school, Ecole St. Louis, was founded in 1873 and housed in a frame building. A new school was built in 1886 (pictured).
1877
1881
Parish purchased Universalist Church at Wabasha and Exchange streets.
1881
1886
1887
1889
1906
1907
Emmanuel Masqueray selected as architect at same time as he is designing Cathedral of St. Paul. Masqueray said the Church of St. Louis was his favorite building; he called it his “little gem.”
1908
1909
1909
1910
A gift of Villaume family in memory of their daughter, Antoinette.
1911
The children of St. Louis parish raised the $6,000 for the altar over four years. The altar has three bas-reliefs: the Sacrifice of Melchisedech, the Communion of the Blessed Mother and a portrayal of the Holy Crown of Thorns carried by St. Louis, King of France, our patron.
1914
Designed by a Robert T. and Isabella Giles of Minneapolis’ Robert T. Giles Studio. Windows reflect French, French-Canadian and American history.
1918
1934
1943
Used until present organ was installed in 1998.
1945
1954
1957
Damage to the pipe organ, ornamental supports in the choir gallery and back pews (damage in choir gallery still visible).
1959
1969
1971
1983
1986
October 12: Mayor George Latimer proclaims Marist Day in St. Paul
1990
The public music recital series was inaugurated.
1994
1998
2003
2007
Replacing the 99-year-old original furnace. Original furnaces were railroad boilers.
2013
A gift of two generous parishioners, this new specially crafted lamp captures the essence of a lamp removed from the sanctuary during the mid 20th Century.
2015
The stained glass windows in the main church were refurbished through the generous contributions of parishioners and friends of St. Louis. Restoration by the Conrad Schmitt Studios of Berlin, Wisconsin.
2016
Built by Jan va Daalen of Minneapolis of components supplied by the organ builder Pels of Holland