Diocesan Historical Records Commission makes ‘Catholic Morristown’ pilgrimage

The Diocese of Metuchen Historical Commission, led by Father Michael G. Krull, pastor of Our Lady of Peace Parish, North Brunswick, and commission chair, sponsored a one-day pilgrimage April 20 to three notable Catholic sites in the Morristown area: the Shrine of St. Joseph, Stirling, now celebrating its 100th anniversary; St. Mary’s Abbey, Delbarton, and St. Elizabeth University,  Convent Station, to visit the Shrine and Museum of Blessed Miriam Theresa Demjanovich, the New Jersey nun on the path to sainthood.

The Diocese of Metuchen Historical Records Commission was established by the late Bishop Edward Hughes in 1992 to preserve the history of the parishes in the Diocese.

Bishop Hughes asked every pastor to appoint two parishioners as designated parish historians to assist in this effort by collecting the documents, photographs, and memorabilia of their respective parishes and assembling them in parish archives as well as writing the history of the parish itself.

The Diocesan Historical Records Commission facilitates this work by organizing annual conferences for parish historians as well as arranging periodic pilgrimages to places of historic significance in the State of New Jersey.