St. Clare Parish, Clifton
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April 2, 2015BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLI
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIMASS FOR PALM SUNDAY Bishop Serratelli greets parishioners holding blessed palms following Mass during a pastoral visit to St. Clare Parish on March 29 where he was the principal celebrant of the Mass for Palm Sunday, which is also known as Passion Sunday.Bishop Serratelli celebrates Mass for Palm Sunday at St. Clare Parish in Clifton
CLIFTON Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Clare Parish here March 29 where he was the principal celebrant of the Mass for Palm Sunday, which is also known as Passion Sunday. The history of St. Clare’s began when the Franciscan Friars of St. Bonaventure Parish in Paterson began offering Mass in the Delawanna section of Clifton in 1912. A former school on Allwood Road was purchased and renovated into a church in 1914. Bishop McLaughlin advanced the mission to parish status in 1941 and entrusted it to diocesan clergy. A new church was built in 1980. The parish school opened in 1959.