St Ignatius Mission - Montana

On July 24, 1997 I drove through Missoula, Montana to the St. Ignatius Mission Chapel on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

The St. Ignatius Mission is a landmark Roman Catholic mission founded at its present location, St. Ignatius, Montana, in 1854 by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet and Father Adrian Hoecken. The current mission church was built between 1891 and 1893, and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

This Catholic Church is unique because its walls and ceilings have 58 original paintings by Brother Joseph Carignano on them. Two of the most distinctive paintings depict the Salish Lord and Lord's mother in Native American form.

St. Ignatius Mission, Montana
St. Ignatius Mission, Montana
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals

St. Ignatius Mission Chapel has some OUTSTANDING murals and is a National Historic Site.

St. Ignatius Mission information plaque
St. Ignatius Mission information plaque
St. Ignatius Mission, Montana
St. Ignatius Mission, Montana

St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals

St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals

St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals

St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals

St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals

St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals
St. Ignatius Mission Murals