Joice Tjen

Review of Basilica of the National Shrin...

This is the largest Catholic church in North Ameri...

This is the largest Catholic church in North America, with ~70 chapels and was just completed in 2017. Being new, all parts of the church are still pristine and glowing. We went for Sunday Mass at 12pm and then followed by a tour at 1.30pm. The tour is more recommended for Catholics, otherwise I would think it's too much info for non-Catholics, but of course these free tours are open for public! The tour guide brought us to see some of the many chapels and the main church itself, gave some explanations and answered the questions from visitors. After that, we had lunch in the church cafe, nice lunch! Then we strolled in the book store and gift store. There are a lot of good quality books at the book store, but the souvenirs in the gift store are overly overpriced. After that we spent some time outside the church to take some pictures and enjoy the awesome view of the sky and surrounding. Spent a meaningful half a day here :)