Scanned in Document of the Dedication of the Church and School
Church History from 1940
School History from 1942
Scanned in Document of an early School Document
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A Picture of the First Pastor Father Herron surrounded with young adults on the steps of the original school and church.
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A Picture of the current church around 1960. The building itself is complete, but the landscaping is still being worked on.
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Celebration of Mass in the tent for the 50th Anniversary of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in 1989. Around the altar are priests and deacons that served St. Thomas. The main celebrant is Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was Archbishop of Newark at the time.
Father Danik, Father Charles Murphy, Father Michael O'Keefe, Father Michael Krieder, Father Anthony Ciorra, Monsignor Franklyn Casale, Father Joe Doyle, Monsignor Vincent Coburn, Father Joe Kukura, Monsignor Vincent Doyle, Deacon Al Tizzano, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Monsignor George Trabold, Deacon Jack Walsh, Father Charles Noble, Father Dennis Cohan, Father Matthew Conva, Father Streliki.
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A picture from the first mass said by the first pastor Fr. Herron in the tent June 25th, 1939. If you have heard the name the "tenters" at St. Thomas, it comes from the early years where mass was said in a physical tent. Also note, the word Tabernacle in derived from the Latin word for tent, tabernaculum. We get our usage of the word 'tabernacle' from the tent that was used to cover the Holy of Holies in the Hebrew Scriptures (See Exodus 35). Today, the tabernacle holds Jesus in the Eucharist.
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A picture of the ground breaking of the current St. Thomas the Apostle Church in September 1956. Monsignor Magnier is the one digging. The first mass said in the current church was February 21, 1960.
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