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St. Edward Church
History Of St.Edward Church:
St. Edward Church, Palm Beach, Florida began in1924 as a mission parish. The Provincial of the Jesuit order in the south, headquartered in New Orleans, sent the Reverend Felix J. Clarkson, S.J., to Palm Beach to provide services and take care of the spiritual needs of the winter visitors.
Fr. Clarkson quickly purchased three lots on the corner of Sunrise and North Country Road. On Easter Sunday, April 4, 1926, ground was broken for the new Spanish Colonial style church. And, nine months later, the first service, Midnight Mass, December 24, 1926 was celebrated in the newly completed edifice.
At the time, all seventy-one stained glass windows, in the church were in place. On the ground floor, on the south side seven windows depict parables from the Gospels.
The sixteen large clerestory windows featured in the church, above the smaller ground floor windows, feature the major events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Almost all the stained glass windows in the church are arch-shaped. All windows constructed from handblown, painted, pot metal glass, are from the well-known studio of Franz Mayer and Company, Munich, Germany. From design to production, all work was completed in 1926.
These beautiful stained glass windows adhere to the mode of Munich pictorial realism, as composition is governed by the principals of Renaissance and Baroque easel painting. Major characters featured stand out for their rich colors and elaborate dress, while backgrounds are detailed, with much attention given to ornamentation. Likewise there are strong contrasts throughout between light and shadow.
All stained glass windows in the church are architecturally placed to bathe the nave and the sanctuary with both direct and indirect light. The result is a genuine enhancement of the beauty and spiritual environment of the church.
St. Edward Church, Palm Beach, Florida began in1924 as a mission parish. The Provincial of the Jesuit order in the south, headquartered in New Orleans, sent the Reverend Felix J. Clarkson, S.J., to Palm Beach to provide services and take care of the spiritual needs of the winter visitors.
Fr. Clarkson quickly purchased three lots on the corner of Sunrise and North Country Road. On Easter Sunday, April 4, 1926, ground was broken for the new Spanish Colonial style church. And, nine months later, the first service, Midnight Mass, December 24, 1926 was celebrated in the newly completed edifice.
At the time, all seventy-one stained glass windows, in the church were in place. On the ground floor, on the south side seven windows depict parables from the Gospels.
The sixteen large clerestory windows featured in the church, above the smaller ground floor windows, feature the major events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Almost all the stained glass windows in the church are arch-shaped. All windows constructed from handblown, painted, pot metal glass, are from the well-known studio of Franz Mayer and Company, Munich, Germany. From design to production, all work was completed in 1926.
These beautiful stained glass windows adhere to the mode of Munich pictorial realism, as composition is governed by the principals of Renaissance and Baroque easel painting. Major characters featured stand out for their rich colors and elaborate dress, while backgrounds are detailed, with much attention given to ornamentation. Likewise there are strong contrasts throughout between light and shadow.
All stained glass windows in the church are architecturally placed to bathe the nave and the sanctuary with both direct and indirect light. The result is a genuine enhancement of the beauty and spiritual environment of the church.