Pastoral visit to Paterson parish

PATERSON  Bishop Sweeney made a pastoral visit to Our Lady of Pompei (OLP) Church here Oct. 3 where he celebrated the vigil Mass marking the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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.