Pastoral visit to Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in West Milford

Bishop makes pastoral visit to West Milford parish

WEST MILFORD  Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish (OLQP), located in the Hewitt section of the township Sunday, Feb. 28 where he celebrated the noon Mass to mark the Third Sunday of Lent.

OLQP’s history began in the early years of the 20th century when the Franciscan friars from Butler opened a series of mission churches around Greenwood Lake. One of them was named St. Catherine’s, which in 1945 was formally established as a parish by Bishop McLaughlin with two of the other churches as its missions. Because of the growth in the area, a new parish church was built in 1951 on Union Valley Road and the name was changed to Our Lady Queen of Peace. The Franciscans served at OLQP until 2004 when they turned the administration of the parish over to the diocese.