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St. Mary of the Cataract

Tourist attraction Catholic church

👍👍 Lovely church, very welcoming pastor and community, and they try to promote reverence and respect for Our Lord by encouraging proper church attire (sadly lacking in this day and age thanks to laziness and narcissism on the part of so many!). People often mention church, beautiful, Beautiful, mass, love, Niagara, priest,


Address

237 4th St, Niagara Falls, NY 14303

Website

www.stmarysnf.net

Contact

(716) 282-0059

Rating on Google Maps

4.70 (116 reviews)

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  • 5/5 Jakob K. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely church, very welcoming pastor and community, and they try to promote reverence and respect for Our Lord by encouraging proper church attire (sadly lacking in this day and age thanks to laziness and narcissism on the part of so many!).
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aidan M. 4 years ago on Google
    A must-visit while in Niagara. Pull a bulletin off their website & attend a Mass, devotion, or activity. Wonderfully warm community that practices devout reverence with mercy & love. A true gem!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bob F. 8 months ago on Google
    Simply excellent and thoughtful church services. BTW the Bible has scientific accuracy like Ecclesiastes Chapter one verse six where jet streams are described. Man from soil in Genesis Chapter 2 accurate also. More science in the Holy Bible check it out at Google.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mauricio M. 6 months ago on Google
    Beautiful church, in one of the world's beautiful places where God can be praised in his church an in the nature
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Elise S. 1 year ago on Google
    Just attended mass for the first time in a long time for the remembrance of a lost Aunt. As I was receiving communion, the priest told me to “dress for church”. I’m wearing a tube top and shorts as its 85 degrees out. Whoever this priest is, is the reason I will NEVER step foot back into a church again. I am just as disappointed as Jesus must be for throwing a person out of church. How incredibly harmful and disgusting behavior by Father Mazur. Edit to response: Why are you sexualizing my based on jean shorts and a tube top? You want people to come to church? Don’t throw them away. Jesus treated women as equals, he wouldn’t have never made someone feel so unwelcomed in a church the way Fr. mazur did. Do better.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 SamLia C. 4 years ago on Google
    1st time visit on Good Friday, what a very solemn place, beautiful church. There was a very sweet, old lady who opened the door for us, told us about services and welcomed us.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Susan L. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful church. Rev Mazur is the most wonderful caring man. We came from out of town for our 25th wedding anniversary, He gave us a beautiful blessing and spent time telling us the history of the church.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Joe D. 6 years ago on Google
    Beautiful design

  • 5/5 AIIdesignz Web & Online M. 7 years ago on Google
    Beautiful architectural features!

  • 5/5 Kelly W. 7 years ago on Google
    Most beautiful church. Was just married there this past weekend and could not be more proud of our choice. The organist Dan was amazing and both him and the priest made our day so special. They truly are a loving church and welcomed us out of towners with grace ;) I love, love, love this church. So beautiful. Deacon Dave was fantastic with setting up all the details.

  • 4/5 Hamoud A. 5 years ago on Google
    Great

  • 4/5 Kavita V. 6 years ago on Google
    Beautifully architectured

  • 5/5 bayebaa 5 years ago on Google
    Beautiful church

  • 5/5 Will J. 6 years ago on Google
    Mass offered at Ten PM on Saturday night stunned me. I saw the cathedral lit up, and I saw the great oaken door open for a man. I tried the door myself and two men opened the second door for me. One man served at the door despite needing oxygen from tank beside him. "Why are you open this late"? "Ten O'Clock mass", the second man answered. The oldest building still standing in Niagara Falls, New York, the interior has an enchanted interior lit up by the chandeliers. A recording played from hidden speakers makes me think that a mystic choir of nuns has begun chanting Gregorian airs from the loft. To walk into this cathedral at night is to walk into a religious mystery.

  • 5/5 Martha M. 6 years ago on Google
    Beautiful architecture and inspiring Roman Catholic Mass

  • 5/5 Joe G. 5 years ago on Google
    Beautiful church located in the heart of the tourist district.

  • 5/5 P.Q. Z. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) very beautiful (Original) 很漂亮

  • 5/5 Shin-an J. 7 years ago on Google
    A must visit place.

  • 5/5 B N. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent church. Expertly and efficiently and kindly run. Bible has scientific accuracy too like about round Earth and jet streams and people from soil and more

  • 5/5 Chris “Lucky” R. 1 year ago on Google
    Gorgeous inside. Outside was well kept. Someone puts some love in to this place.

  • 5/5 Dave D. 2 years ago on Google
    We were at st mary of the cataract church recently for the funeral of my father-in-law Bob. The church is beautiful and father Mazur who performed the mass was amazing. He made the service extremely personal sharing stories of my father-in-law, and turning to face our family the entire time he spoke of Bob. He made a sad day, a very bright spot in all the family had gone through.

  • 5/5 Kristie W. 3 years ago on Google
    This is such a beautiful church!! Loved visiting on Holy Thursday! ✝️

  • 5/5 Joseph S. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful Church! Great priest. Amazing history of the building

  • 5/5 John 10 months ago on Google
    Love this church but just went there for weekday mass at 12:10 and was not open for it

  • 5/5 Joy M. 10 months ago on Google
    Great late Sunday mass! Great clergy and church

  • 5/5 Elizabeth G. 6 months ago on Google
    Gorgeous church full of beautiful people.

  • 5/5 The M. 4 years ago on Google
    Great!

  • 5/5 Patricia S. 4 years ago on Google
    St.Mary's of the Cataract Church is the most beautiful church in Niagara Falls. It is also the oldest church. I love it.

  • 4/5 Larry F. 5 years ago on Google
    Even though St Mary's of the Cataract is an old church, it is very beautiful. They have done a great job in preserving the inside and outside. The church is ideally located to the many Surry hotels and tourists attractions in the falls. I believe that it is there to provide blessings 24 hours a day all year round.

  • 5/5 Patti N. 5 years ago on Google
    So beautiful.... you can feel the ever loving presence of God and the warmth that fills this fabulous church!!!

  • 5/5 Cat W. 4 years ago on Google
    Fr. Mazur is wonderful. This is still a beautiful church inside, as well.

  • 5/5 Paul I. 4 years ago on Google
    Attended memorial service for daughter-in-law grandmother.

  • 5/5 RANDAL H. 4 years ago on Google
    Very beautiful old church

  • 5/5 Annette S. 5 years ago on Google
    Beautiful paintings of saints, ceiling decorations, great choir. A gem of a church.

  • 4/5 PETER W. 4 years ago on Google
    On Saturday night at 10:00 they have a visitor's or traveler's Mass so people can do their sightseeing during the day.

  • 5/5 Donna R. 4 years ago on Google
    One of the most beautiful churches in WNY

  • 4/5 B N. 3 years ago on Google
    Very good RC church. Bible has scientific accuracy like about jet streams and round Earth and many other things. But the microphone system the priest speaks needs to be clear ( or he needs to speak louder).

  • 5/5 Claudia C. 4 years ago on Google
    Beautiful catholic church. They have different mass schedules. The earliest mass is at 7 am

  • 4/5 Patty P. 4 years ago on Google
    History and relics. Nice mass

  • 5/5 Connie G. 4 years ago on Google
    The oldest Catholic church in nia falls Beautiful bldg. Father Mazur is young polish priest. I just love him. His homilies r 2 the point???

  • 5/5 knight of the I. 4 years ago on Google
    Beautiful daily mass and to be able to receive our Lord Jesus Christ body blood soul and divinity in the holy Eucharist is a blessing that God is calling all to acknowledge. The gregorian chant after mass was beautiful also.

  • 4/5 Jianyi Z. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful church (Original) 漂亮的教堂

  • 5/5 Marissa P. 4 years ago on Google
    My grandmother attended here for over 40 years. This church holds a special place in our family!

  • 5/5 Yadira B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice (Original) Bonito

  • 5/5 Ernest S. 4 years ago on Google
    Historic. Beautiful !

  • 5/5 Aymeric de J. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The oldest Catholic church in Niagara Falls. (Original) La plus vieille église catholique de Niagara Falls.

  • 5/5 Debra B. 4 years ago on Google
    Awesome

  • 4/5 Paulinus D. 4 years ago on Google
    The pipe organ was great.

  • 5/5 valerie c. 4 years ago on Google
    A beautiful church. We've had weddings and funerals here. It's a family church and welcomes Visitors.

  • 5/5 Kim H. 4 years ago on Google
    Beautiful

  • 5/5 Christine S. 5 years ago on Google
    Gorgeous church. Beautiful organ music. Historical site. Uplifting experience. A must see and experience when in Niagara Falls, NY.


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