OAK RIDGE Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Thomas the Apostle Church here Sept. 4. During his visit, the Bishop was main celebrant and homilist for the 11 a.m. Mass for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
St. Thomas Parish was founded in 1949 as a mission church of St. Simon Parish in Green Pond. It became a parish in 1966 when the status of the two churches was reversed. St. Simon became a parish in 1981. A new church was built for St. Thomas in 1967.