Pastoral visit to Chatham parish
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March 12, 2020
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLISECOND SUNDAY OF LENT St. Patrick Parish in Chatham welcomed Bishop Serratelli during his pastoral visit March 8 where he celebrated Mass to mark the Second Sunday of Lent. At the altar during the consecration of the Eucharist are (from left) Father Artur Prazak, Deacon Mark Nixon, the Bishop and Father Bob Mitchel, pastor.St. Patrick Parish in Chatham welcomes Bishop Serratelli on his pastoral visit marking the Second Sunday of LentCHATHAM St. Patrick Parish here welcomed Bishop Serratelli during his pastoral visit March 8 where he celebrated Mass to mark the Second Sunday of Lent.
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 a 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.
