I went to Mass here with a friend on Friday morning. The church is small and simple inside except for the stained glass windows, which are large and beautiful. I wish I knew more about the different saints - there's a different one on each window, but I can't immediately identify most of them. The stations of the cross on the wall look very familiar - I think I've seen the same ones at a different church. If you think about it, the fact that that doesn't happen more often is kind of amazing, given the sheer number of churches there are.
There's a big rose window depicting Christ the King in the place where the huge crucifix normally is. There's still a crucifix, but it's small, and sits on a stand off to one side of the altar.
There's a great statue of St. Catherine of Siena in the front of the church. It shows her holding a lantern and a basket of bread. This would be when Catherine was a teenager - she was extremely rebellious, refusing to get married the way her parents wanted her to and becoming a third order Dominican instead. Awkwardly enough, she still lived with her parents, despite their disapproval of each other's lifestyles. She cost her parents a lot of money by giving away their clothes and food without their permission, hence the scene in the statue.
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