WAYNE Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit on March 17 to Holy Cross Parish here where he served as main celebrant and homilist of the 5 p.m. vigil Mass to mark the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Concelebrating the liturgy were Father Peter VB Wells, pastor of Holy Cross and Our Lady of the Valley Parish, also in Wayne, and director of diocesan cemeteries, and Father Kevin Corcoran, diocesan vice chancellor and the Bishop’s priest-secretary.
The history of Holy Cross Parish began in 1905 when the Franciscans from Paterson began offering Masses in the Mountain View section of Wayne. In 1925, a home was purchased on Route 23 and renovated as a mission chapel. The present church was built in 1934 and the friars continued to serve the mission until 1945 when Bishop McLaughlin erected Holy Cross, the mother church of Wayne, as a parish administered by diocesan clergy.