Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
An active Catholic mission on the Flathead Indian Reservation, whose 1891 church contains fifty-eight biblical and saint murals painted by Jesuit Brother Joseph Carignano.
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The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
The murals make St. Ignatius visually unforgettable, but the church is first a living Catholic mission within the homelands of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Read sacred art, Jesuit and Sister of Providence history, and Indigenous community life together.
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Fifty-eight mission murals
Follow Brother Joseph Carignano's painted cycle through Scripture and the lives of the saints.
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Earlier mission buildings
Place the 1891 church beside the surviving 1854 log church and Sisters' residence.
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A living reservation parish
Understand the mission through the people and tribal homeland in which it continues to serve.