All Saints' Day at Stirling church
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November 5, 2020
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLITHE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN At St. Vincent DePaul Church in Stirling, children at the parish with their families, dressed as saints for Bishop Sweeney’s pastoral visit to the parish to mark the Solemnity of All Saints’ Day Nov. 1, where he was the principal celebrant of Mass. After the Mass, the little saints and their parents took a group photo with the Bishop. For more photos and story, see page 6.Bishop Sweeney visits Stirling parish on All Saints’ DaySTIRLING Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Vincent DePaul Parish here where he celebrated Mass Nov. 1 to mark the Solemnity of All Saints.
The parish’s history dates back to 1886 when a church was built on Elm Street in the Stirling section of Passaic Township to care for French and Italian mill workers in the area. Difficulties arose, forcing the new parish to be assigned as a mission of St. Patrick’s in Chatham in 1889. In 1920, it was raised again to parish status. In 1928, the church was moved to a new site on Bebout Avenue. A new church was built in 1986.
