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Confirmation in Chatham
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May 20, 2021
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIASCENSION OF THE LORD Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney made a pastoral visit to St. Patrick Parish in Chatham May 16. His visit marked the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord and during Mass he administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to young people of the parish. The Bishop is pictured with Father Robert Mitchell, pastor (to the left of the Bishop), and Deacon Mark Nixon (far right) with the newly confirmed young people.On Feast of the Ascension, Bishop Sweeney administers Sacrament of Confirmation to young people at St. Patrick ParishCHATHAM Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney made a pastoral visit to St. Patrick Parish here May 16, marking the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. During the Mass, he administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to young people of the parish.
St. Patrick’s history goes back to 1872 when St. Vincent Martyr Parish in Madison built a schoolhouse in Chatham on Washington Avenue and Oliver Streets. In 1874, the school also began being used for Mass and by 1887, it was freed for sole use as a church when the new school was built. St. Patrick’s was raised to parish status in 1887. A new church was built in 1955 and renovated in 1985. The parish school opened in 1873.
