POMPTON PLAINS Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish here where he celebrated Mass marking the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 8, which was also Mother’s Day. During the Mass, the Bishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to the young people of the parish.
The parish’s history began in 1962 when Bishop McNulty established a mission to serve Catholics in Riverdale and the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock. Sunday Masses began to be celebrated in the cafeteria of Pequannock High School in November 1962. Bishop Navagh raised the mission to parish status in 1963 and the following year a combination church and school were constructed on West End Avenue.