St. Joseph's Church, East Wall

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by The Anomebot2 (talk | contribs) at 13:23, 6 February 2016 (Removing geodata: {{coord missing|County Dublin}}). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

St. Joseph's Church
The Church of St. Joseph, East Wall
Side view of St. Joseph's Church, December 2010
St. Joseph's Church is located in Ireland
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Church
LocationEast Wall, Dublin
CountryIreland
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.stjosephschurcheastwall.ie
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLombardic
Groundbreaking8 November 1954 (1954-11-08)
Completed29 July 1956 (1956-07-29)
Specifications
Length58.5 metres (192 ft)
Width48.3 metres (158 ft)
Administration
ParishSt. Joseph's Parish

St. Joseph's Church is a Catholic church situated in the East Wall area of Dublin in Ireland. The Foundation Stone was blessed on 8 November 1954, and on the 29 July 1956 the then Archbishop John Charles McQuaid blessed and officially opened the new Church of St Joseph in East Wall.

Changes and development

St Joseph's church has seen significant changes since it was built. Many of these changes are reflected in work that has been carried out on the church building over the years. The Sanctuary was reordered. This enables the priest to celebrate Mass facing the people. The reordered Sanctuary is a much bigger space and facilitates the active involvement of lay people.