St. Christopher Parish
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February 26, 2015
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIDuring a pastoral visit to St. Christopher Parish in Parsippany on Feb. 22, Bishop Serratelli elevates the Eucharist at the consecration with Father Joseph Buffardi, pastor, and Father Kevin Corcoran, vice chancellor and priest-secretary to the bishop, as concelebrants of the Mass.St. Christopher Parish welcomes bishop on First Sunday of Lent
PARSIPPANY Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Christopher Parish here Feb. 22 to celebrate Mass for the First Sunday of Lent.
The history of St. Christopher’s began when the Benedictines at Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish in Cedar Knolls developed a summer mission in Lake Parsippany section of Parsippany-Troy Hills Township. The first Masses were celebrated in the Lake Parsippany Clubhouse on June 25, 1939. In 1944, a former tavern was purchased and converted into a church and rectory dedicated to St. Christopher. In 1960 Bishop McNulty advanced the mission to parish status and entrusted it to diocesan clergy. The church and school were constructed in 1963.