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Built in early Spanish baroque style in 1853, the gorgeous St Francis Xavier Church, better known as Dongjiadu Lu Church is the first foreign built church in Shanghai. It is also the oldest and the best preserved (four of the church bells are originals). The church holds services regularly in Chinese and English. English mass on Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 10:30am and 12:30pm.

Shanghai's best known Protestant church, otherwise known as Guoji Libai Tang or the International Church , was established in 1925 and is popular among expats. Located in the upscale French Concession, the church was built in modern Gothic style and has an excellent choir to boot.

More commonly known as the Xujiahui Cathedral, St. Ignatius was designed by English architect William Doyle and built by the French Jesuits between 1905 and 1910. Recently restored, the cathedral's stained glass windows have been replaced with the ones that incorporate Chinese characters and iconography. English language mass is on Sundays at noon.

The Jade Buddha Temple is still a working Buddhist monastery. It's home to two white jade Buddhas, carved from a single slab of Burmese jade. One is a sitting Buddha, bejeweled and weighing in at a massive 425lbs. The other is a 1m-long recumbent Buddha. Entrance is 20rmb. Photographs of the sitting Buddha are prohibited.

An international Catholic Church with english language mass on Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 11am.

The International Community of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church was first built in 1744, but was forced to move to several locations before finding home in its current home in Pudong's Biyun International Community. English language mass is on Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 10:30am. Check the summer mass schedule on their site before you head out there.