Pastoral Visit to Our Lady of Pompeii Church, Paterson

CONFIRMATION  Father Frank Agresti, pastor and Bishop Serratelli with (from left) Victoria Le Queux, Gabriella D’Amico and Amanda Mariconda during the Bishop's pastoral visit to Our Lady of Pompeii Church in Paterson April 10.

PATERSON  Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to Our Lady of Pompeii Church here April 10 and celebrated Mass for the Third Sunday of Easter. During the visit, he administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to young people of the parish.

OLP’s history began when St. Michael Parish in Paterson was charged with the responsibility to establish an Italian national parish in the Stony Road section of the city. The church on Caldwell Avenue was opened in 1916. A new church was built in 1963.