Bishop celebrates Mass in Spanish

ADVENT SEASON  Bishop Serratelli leads parishioners in applause for Father Rzadca for the recent renovations that were made to the church during a recent pastoral visit to St. Joseph parish in Paterson.

PATERSON  St. Joseph Parish here welcomed Bishop Serratelli on a pastoral visit. Dec. 4. The Bishop was the principal celebrant of the 9:30 a.m. Mass in Spanish for Second Sunday of Advent.

The parish’s roots go back to 1867 when it began as a mission of St. John’s, Paterson. It was advanced to parish status in 1875. A church was built in 1888 but was substantially destroyed in the Great Fire of 1902. It was rebuilt in 1904.