Many popular Catholic saints came alive spiritually when Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney appropriately celebrated Mass at All Saints Academy in Parsippany, N.J., on Monday, Nov. 2, All Souls Day, a day after All Saints Day.
During Mass, several students dressed as Catholic saints and spoke from the ambo about the saint they portrayed. The saints were: Mother Mary and St. Joseph, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Carlo Acutis, St. Kateri Tekawitha, St. Patrick, and St. Teresa of Calcutta.
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All Saints Academy exists and operates under the auspices of four diocesan parishes: St. Ann’s, St. Peter’s, St. Christopher, all in Parsippany, N.J., and St. Pius in Montville, N.J. The four pastors work closely with principal Leanne Gonzalez and collaborate through the school’s Pastors Board, which oversees and guides the school’s organization and functions.
Bishop Sweeney celebrated the Mass. Concelebrating the liturgy at All Saints were a visiting priest and priests who serve or have served many of the participating parishes: Father Joseph Garbarino, a retired priest of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., pastor emeritus of St. Pius and former pastor of St. Ann’s; Father David Pickens, pastor of St. Peter the Apostle; Father Luis Alberto Hernandez, pastor of St. Christopher’s; and Father Nico Quintos, pastor of St. Ann’s.
Father Jose Zuniga, St. Peter’s parochial vicar, served as master of ceremonies for the Mass. Several students also participated in the liturgy.
