St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish celebrated its first Mass on Saturday, Dec. 4, in Carneys Point, bringing together the merged parish communities of Queen of the Apostles (Pennsville), St. Mary (Salem), Corpus Christi (Carneys Point), and St. James (Penns Grove). To remember the parishioners’ diversity, parts of the liturgy were celebrated in English, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Middle photo, Father Paul Harte, pastor, celebrates Mass with Father Robert Ngageno and Father David Grover. Left photo, the Luque family (Alejandra, Alicia, Citalli, Marco, and Marco, Jr.) brings up the cruets during the offertory. At right, the Schneider family (Veronica, Barbara, Gary, Gabriel, and Stephen) carries up the hosts.
Photos by Alan M. Dumoff