Pastoral visit to Rockaway parish

ROCKAWAY  Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit on Saturday, Dec. 2 to St. Cecilia Parish in Rockaway where he served as main celebrant and homilist of the vigil Mass for the First Sunday of Advent.

St. Cecilia’s started in 1869 as a mission of St. Mary Parish, Dover, and was served by St. Mary’s priests in a church on what is now the parish cemetery. In 1882, St. Cecilia’s was legally incorporated. The location of the church moved from Academy Street to Church Street in 1896. The current church was built in 1957.