Diocese of Camden - Bishop issues decree establishing St. Joseph the Worker Parish on Sept. 9
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Bishop Joseph Galante formally announced that the parishes of St. Vincent Pallotti, Haddon Township, and St. Aloysius, Oaklyn, will unite and the new parish resulting from the consolidation, St. Joseph the Worker, will be established on Oct. 12.
The announcement establishing the new parish was made in a formal decree, which is published in the Sept. 9 edition of the Catholic Star Herald (pp. 14-15).
Father Walter Norris has been named pastor of the new parish for a six-year term. St. Vincent Pallotti will be the seat of the parish, serving the pastoral needs of the 1,500 Catholics in Haddon Township and Oaklyn, with St. Aloysius remaining open as a worship site.
It is the 36th decree issued by Bishop Joseph Galante in a diocesan-wide reconfiguration of parishes announced two years ago to strengthen parishes and improve pastoral care to the people of the diocese. The reconfigurations are a result of more than a year of study by parish and deanery planners, who considered population and demographic trends, the number of diocesan priests available for ministry, Mass attendance and trends in religious practice.
