I've driven by this church hundreds of times, since I use Branch Ave. every time I need to get on the highway. I also know this church for its food pantry, which I've seen in operation before on Wednesdays. I known I've been inside of the pantry at some point in the past, though I can't for the life of me remember when and why.
I'd been looking forward to seeing the inside for a long time, since I could tell that it was a big old church, and you can see the nice stained glass from the outside. I certainly wasn't disappointed. I came here for the 9am English Mass on Sunday, which happened to be the same weekend as the parish's May breakfast. The community consists of the English Mass and two weekend Spanish Masses, and both parts of the community came together for brunch between the 9:00 and the 11:30.
The tabernacle in the church is off to one side, with angels on either side. There's an elevated lectern, and what appears from below to be a huge balcony area. One of the walls has a big painting of one of the St. Edwards. There are two of them, and they're both English kings, but I'm going to guess St. Edward the Confessor based on his posture in the picture. The Stations of the Cross are statues which stand free of the wall, and there's a resurrected Christ above the altar. A few other great statues are spread around the church as well.
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