Every inch of the church is decorated by elaborate painting and stencillings. St Monica Church.

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The Parish of St. Monica was established in 1911 with the church dedicated on Christmas, 1928. In 1938 the Cathedral of St. Peter In Chains became too dilapidated to use, and Archbishop McNicholas moved the cathedral to St. Monica, where it remained until 1957.
The St. Apollinare basilica in Ravenna, Italy, was the model for this building, designed by architect Edward Schulte in a Byzantine-influenced, neo-romanesque style.
$250,000.00 was the cost of the original church (the stained glass from Germany cost $25,000, or 10%). To clean the windows in 2007 the cost was $280,000.00.
Nearly every inch of the church is decorated by elaborate painting and stencillings added in the 1930’s.
St. George, a Franciscan parish, merged with St. Monica in 1993 and the friars have continued their ministry there. The church is home to the University of Cincinnati’s campus ministry and a large number of Mass-goers are students. LED lighting and a solar array added in 2017, paid for entirely by parishioners, made the parish the first in the area to make a major investment in solar energy.
GPS Location: 39°07'42.1"N 84°31'29.5"W