St. Patrick's Day at the cathedral

PATERSON  Marking St. Patrick’s Day with a feast day Mass, Irish-born priests from around the Diocese celebrated the patron of their homeland at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist here March 17. Bishop Kevin Sweeney, whose parents were born in Ireland, was the main celebrant of the Mass. Msgr. Kevin Flanagan, a retired priest of the Diocese, who is in residence at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Clifton, was homilist, reflecting on the Diocese’s and the city of Paterson’s Irish roots.