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Pastoral visit to St. Philip the Apostle Parish
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September 3, 2015
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIPASTORAL VISIT Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, (from left) Lorraine Pekarsky, Charlotte Gorun, Connie Pomposelli, Pat Pinke and Christine Scott receive Holy Communion from the Bishop during his pastoral visit to St. Philip the Apostle Parish in Clifton Aug. 30.Bishop makes pastoral visit to St. Philip the Apostle Parish in Clifton
CLIFTON Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Philip the Apostle Parish here Aug. 30 where he celebrated Mass for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The history of St. Philip’s began when development in the western section of Clifton prompted Bishop McLaughlin to extend his “apostolic chain” of churches by erecting St. Philip’s Mission in 1943. Masses were first celebrated in the clubhouse of the Acquackanonk Gardens Defense Housing Project on June 6, 1943. The following year the mission was advanced to parish status. By 1946, a small church was built at 597 Valley Road. A new church and school were built further down Valley Road in 1954. After a disastrous fire, the church was rebuilt in 1964.