📜 One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.
🔍 Decreed a minor basilica in 1962, officially known as the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Why Go

⛪ Explore an 18th-century Jesuit chapel, among the oldest continually operating Catholic churches in the country.
🖼️ Admire beautiful frescoes by Franz Stecker, giving a Bavarian parish feel.
👻 Discover local ghost stories about apparitions and strange noises.
🌳 Visit an old cemetery, one of the oldest in the Keystone State.

Tips

📞 Call ahead to ensure doors are not locked.
📍 Located 11 miles east of downtown Gettysburg on State Road 116, and 4 miles west of Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Hours

🕒 Normally open throughout the week.