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Pastoral visit to Paterson parish
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January 24, 2019
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIST. AGNES’ FEAST Bishop Serratelli censes a statue of St. Agnes, whose feast day is on Jan. 21, during his pastoral visit to St. Agnes Parish in Paterson Jan. 20 where he celebrated the 11:30 a.m. Mass for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.Bishop Serratelli visits St. Agnes Parish in Paterson to mark parish patron’s feast dayPATERSON Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Agnes Parish here Jan. 20 where he celebrated the 11:30 a.m. Mass for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Bishop’s visit also came the day before the feast day of the parish’s patron, St. Agnes, who is the patron saint of young girls and also the patron saint of chastity. She died a virgin-martyr at the age of 12 or 13 on Jan. 21, 304 in Rome.