Pastoral Visit to St. Joseph Parish in Passaic
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January 21, 2016
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIPOLISH TRADITIONS Bishop Serratelli and Msgr. Stanley Lesinowski, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Passaic, stand with a group of young people dressed in traditional Polish garb following Mass during the Bishop's pastoral visit to celebrate the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jan. 17.Polish community at St. Joseph Parish in Passaic welcomes Bishop Serratelli
PASSAIC St. Joseph Parish here welcomed Bishop Serratelli during his pastoral visit to the parish Jan. 17. During his visit, the Bishop celebrated Mass for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. At the mostly Polish community, many of the parishioners dressed in their native attire for the Bishop’s pastoral visit.
The mother church of the Polish parishes in the Diocese was organized in Passaic in 1892. A frame building was purchased on Quincy Street. So quickly did the parish grow that a new church was built on Monroe and Parker Streets in 1901. St. Joseph’s was instrumental in the founding of new Polish parishes in Passaic, Garfield and Clifton.
