RANDOLPH Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Matthew Church here Sept. 5 during Labor Day weekend and celebrated the vigil Mass for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The history of St. Matthew’s began in 1988 with just 87 families with Father David McDonnell as the founding pastor. For six years, Masses were celebrated in the cafeteria of the Ironia Elementary School and the Senior Citizens Center on Calais Road. The church was built in 1994 and a new parish center was dedicated in 2002. The parish, which marked its 25th anniversary in 2013, presently serves some 1,200 families.