St. Peter Catholic Church, Memphis

Very pleasant family oriented congration. A pleasant meet and greet after Sunday 11am services, with coffee and snacks. Very nice, kind and gracious people. Also very good, but very low key security present...overall, a real class act, befiting a National Shrine!

THIS IS A INTERESTING CHURCH. LOOKS LIKE A CASTLE FROM THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH NOT A PRACTICING CATHOLIC AND MY PARENTS ON VACATION WANTED TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO OTHER CATHOLIC PERISHES THIS ONE WAS VERY INTERESTING. DESPITE HAVING SATURDAY MASS AT 5 PM IN THE EVENING SINCE MY PARENTS DO THIS IN OUR PARISH OF ST JOHN BOSCO BACK IN CHICAGO THEY BOTH NOTICE THE MASS PECULIARITIES. 1 PECULIARITY WAS THAT WE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN COUPLE ATTENDING AS WELL WAS A MINORITY AT MASS. THE PARISHIONERS WERE ALL CAUCASIAN. THE 2ND PECULIARITY WAS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE ATTENDEES DID NOT GIVE MONEY FOR THE CHURCH WHEN THE SERVERS WITH THE BASKET COME TO COLLECT THE DONATIONS. IT WAS QUITE ODD. OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS A PRETTY LOOKING HISTORICAL CHURCH. LEARNED SOMETHING AS I READ THE HISTORICAL MARKER OF HOW THE CATHOLIC NUNS AND PRIEST OF DOMINICAN ORDER HAD A MALARIA OUTBREAK IN MEMPHIS. I WOULD RECOMMEND COMING HERE IF YOU ARE A DEVOTE CATHOLIC TO DO A PILGRIMAGE TO MEMPHIS AND THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY.