Sacred places in Rhode Island

Three places to begin a deeper relationship with Rhode Island.

Follow each place’s story, then its source trail. Living communities and custodians determine how visitors may participate.

United States · Place of worship

A historic synagogue and continuing Jewish congregation closely associated with the history of religious liberty in America.

United States · Place of worship

A congregation rooted in Roger Williams’s Rhode Island, with a meetinghouse central to the story of Baptist religious life.

United States · Religious heritage

A former Catholic church whose painted interior preserves the sacred art and community memory of Woonsocket’s French-Canadian population.