ABOUT St. Aedan's

St. Aedan's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in McGinley Square, Jersey City, a few blocks south of Journal Square. It is part of the Archdiocese of Newark, and is currently staffed by priests from the Jersey City Jesuit community.

From its beginnings as a predominantly Irish Catholic parish in the early 1900’s, St. Aedan's now has a congregation of diverse ethnic and national origins: Filipino, Central and South American, Caribbean, Indian, African, Italian, Irish, and others, all brought together by their Catholic faith. To read more about the history of St. Aedan's, click here.

VISIT St. Aedan's

Church building. St. Aedan's Church is located at 800 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306.

Parish Center and Parish Office. The St. Aedan's Parish Center is located behind the church building at 39 Tuers Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306. The Parish Office is on the ground floor of the Parish Center, and is open from Tuesday to Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM.

Parking. On weekends, you may park in either of the two lots on Tuers Ave. between Mercer St. and Vroom St.: behind the church / next to the school building (entrance on the left side of Tuers Ave.), or across from the school building (entrance on the right side of Tuers Ave.).

Public transportation. The church building and Parish Center are accessible via NJ Transit buses 80 and 87 and the Bergen Avenue Bus, all of which stop right in front of the church; and NJ Transit buses 10 and 119, which stop a block away, on Kennedy Blvd. and Glenwood Ave.. The church is a 10-minute walk from Journal Square, where many other NJ Transit buses and PATH trains from New York City and Newark also stop.