On May 25, in the mausoleum chapel of Calvary Cemetery in Paterson, N.J., Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney honored those who have died serving in the U.S. military by celebrating the annual Memorial Day Mass.
During this Mass, Father Peter VB Wells, director of the diocesan Cemetery Office and pastor of Our Lady of the Valley and Holy Cross parishes in Wayne, concelebrated with the bishop.
On that day, another annual Memorial Day Mass took place at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, N.J. Father Starli J. Castanos, a parochial vicar at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, served as the main celebrant, with Father Marc Mancini, pastor of St. James of the Marches Parish in Totowa and diocesan judicial vicar, and Father Joey Mactal, parochial vicar of St. James, concelebrating the liturgy.
