PARSIPPANY Bishop Serratelli will celebrate a jubilee anniversary Mass for deacons at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10 in St. Peter the Apostle Church here.
“This is the first time the Diocese is having a Jubilee Mass for deacons,” said Deacon Peter Cistero, diocesan director for deacons. The deacons being honored at the Mass are marking 15, 25, 30, 40 and more than 40 years since their ordination day. It will be a special day for the 30 men who are celebrating their jubilees this year.”
The deacons who are marking jubilees and the parishes they serve are:
40+ years: Joao Da Silva, Morristown Hospital; Stephen Marabetti, St. Joseph, Lincoln Park and John Meyer, St. Mark, Long Valley.
40 years: Andrew Calandriello, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Sparta; Robert Pringle. Our Lady of Consolation, Wayne; Ronald Ochner, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pompton Plains, and Sylvester Mazzocolli, St. Virgil, Morris Plains.
30 years: Richard Brudzinski, St. Anthony, Hawthorne, and Henry Gallo, Our Lady of Pompeii, Paterson.
25 years: Joseph Balough, St. Bonaventure, Paterson; Michael Hanly, Assumption, Morristown; Thomas Healy, St. Luke, Long Valley; Robert Lang, St. Peter the Apostle, Parsippany; Anthony Siino, St. Jude, Budd Lake; Joseph Wisneski, St. Patrick, Chatham; Paul Liotard, Annunciation, Wayne, and Frank Owens, St. Lawrence the Martyr, Chester.
15 years: Anthony Barile, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Swartswood; Juan Carlos Carnero, St. Mary Help of Christians, Paterson; Kevin Cleary, St. Luke, Long Valley; Alfred Kucinski, St. Joseph, Newton; Vincent Leo, St. Rose of Lima, East Hanover; Robert Morton, St. Vincent Martyr, Madison; Bruce Olsen, St. Therese, Succasunna; Maximo Paulino, Our Lady of Victories, Paterson; Wayne vonDoehren, St. James the Greater, Montague; Richard Pinto, St. Virgil, Morris Plains; Paul Wilson, St. Cecilia, Rockaway; John Taylor, St. Clement Pope and Martyr, Rockaway, and Philip Thiuri, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Hewitt.