St. Louis Bertrand Roman Catholic Church We are happy to invite all of our guests to our church, St. Louis Bertrand, the oldest Dominican parish in the state of Kentucky. The beautiful Gothic Revival church was originally the Cathedral for the Diocese of Louisville before the Cathedral of the Assumption was built downtown.  In 1866 the Dominican Order of St. Joseph Province established St. Louis Bertrand for the Irish diaspora in the Limrick neighborhood.  In 1873 the current building was constructed.  Today the priory houses 6 Dominican Friars who live in community and serve as the church's priests. This massive building (seats 1,000) is made from quarry stone from Oldham County, and White River Limestone from Bowling Green.  The first thing you may notice upon entering the sanctuary is the towering White Oak altar, hand carved by artists in Oberammergau, Germany and installed in 1947. The baldachin features many dominican saints and the traditions of their order.  Take time to look at the stations of the cross on the walls around the sanctuary, which are made from hand carved wood.  The stained glass windows each show one of the 15 mysteries of the rosary, and the church houses what may be the oldest grotto shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.  Incidentally, an outdoor grotto dedicated to the same event is located just up the street in the St. Joseph neighborhood. Today Our reception will be held next door in a building that housed the parochial school which operated from 1891 to 1971. View Larger Map