San Diego Reader

• Place of Worship | Oceanside

St. Margaret's Catholic Church

• 4300 Oceanside Boulevard, Oceanside, CA 92056 | Directions
• 760-941-5560 | Website

The interior of St. Margaret’s church has an oddly spare quality — the huge central dome gives the impression of an old-fashioned Catholic church, the sort that might be swarming with statues and stained glass. However, all but one of the windows here are clear, and a series of small panels illustrating church history make up the bulk of the adornment. The newly built church relies on a multitude of varied planes for visual drama. One of these is a sort of false wall, formed by three arches, between the tabernacle at the very back of the Sanctuary and the general body of the church. The tabernacle is ... [more]