The Our Father, The Apostle’s Creed, The Hail Mary a few prayers recited by many in God’s place of worship. The church is a place for recreation among families and friends and people of all ages. A church is where couples wed, babies are baptized, young children can have their communions, pilgrimages, CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) for young children, reciting, confessions, praying, and worshiping. Jersey City is a marvelous place with a population of 264,152 people is and home to a Catholic Church named Saint Aedan’s Roman Catholic Church. Saint Aedan’s Roman Catholic Church is a historical church located in Jersey City with an intriguing history. The third oldest church located in Jersey City Saint Aedan’s Roman Catholic Church was established in 1921 and has been affiliated with Saint Peter’s University in 2011. …show more content…
Aedan’s church is well known for its architectural exterior. The church was designed by Edward A. Lehman, a New Jersey-born architect and a Jersey City resident. The mosaic tiles are formed into religious designs on the canopy over the main altar and around the sanctuary and side chapels. The stations of the cross, as well as scenes of many saints, including the parish’s patron, St. Aedan, are characterized in mosaic throughout. The style of the fortress was Romanesque that stands 108 feet with a diameter of 60 feet giving the building a poised look. The style describes the semicircular archers, massive walls, enormous piers and small windows. The exterior masonry walls of orange-red face brick and red sandstone give the church a dominant, even fortress-like, existence. Father McGinley had purchased fifteen bronze balls for the tower in 1927 and was sent to Cincinnati for cleaning and was ceremonially blessed and was restored and redirected on September 15, 1985. The comprehensive effect is preservation and durability of the whole structure. The style has a light gothic style just like how it became popular in the renaissance