PARSIPPANY Permanent deacons and their wives from across the Paterson Diocese came together to remember their departed brother deacons and wives at the annual Mass for Deceased Deacons and Wives celebrated by Bishop Sweeney in St. Peter the Apostle Church here Nov. 15.
Every year sometime during the month of November, the Mass is celebrated to remember all the deacons and their wives, who have passed away since the start of the permanent diaconate in the Diocese.