I would like to insert for the RECORD the official history of Holy Trinity R.C. Church: Ninety years ago. on Trinity Sunday. June 10. 1900. a small group of German speaking residents. noting that area churches had their own "language parishes" agreed to petition Bishop Winand Wigger of the Newark Diocese to establish a parish to serve the needs of the growing number of German Catholic immigrants In the area. They had been attracted by the opportunities for employment provided in this locality by the textile industry. The committee approached the Bishop a few weeks later when he was In Passaic to bless the cornerstone for the new St.
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