Immaculate Conception Church

Downtown church with limited parking as it is next to the school. Saturday evening and Sunday parking no problem.
One of the prettiest churches (interior) in town.
Father Broussard and Father Ramirez are excellent spiritual guides. Kind, caring, and very welcoming to all walks of life.
We had our wedding here recently and it was beautiful. The church needs no or little decoration as it is majestic enough. There are separate rooms for the bride and the groom pre-​wedding.
We typically attend services on Saturday evenings, light attendance (several hundred). Not sure what Sundays are like.

Caveat lector: I only attended one Mass here and so this review is of the building.
This church is located just a block off of Central Avenue and is on the west end of downtown. For those staying in downtown hotels, this Jesuit church is the most convenient to attend Mass. I walked from my hotel room.
The exterior is of sandstone and has a fantastic relief of Jesus above the doors. I also liked the motif of repeating Chi-​Rhos with two doves making up the Rho. There is also a strange bell tower attached to the church with a metal constellation of stars shooting from the top. It is very «Southwest» and from a distance, I did not recognize it as a church.
The interior is of a traditonal pre-​Vatican 2 church. The choir is in a loft above the pews and the plan is rectangular and not round. The columns supporting the church are of brass or copper and the chandeliers have the same metal stars that shoot from the top of the bell tower.
Behind the altar, there is an amazing mosiac of the Queen of Heaven. Standing in front of a mostly-​gold background, a long and rather angular Mary looks out over six kneeling angels. She has the classic hallmarks of the Virgin of Guadalupe: blue, star-​encrusted cape; a moon as her pedestal and the same all-​over body halo. However, her features look very French and she also wears a Native American dress under her cape. It is a striking and inspiring marriage of cultures.