Additions to New Jersey Catholicism: An Annotated Bibliography by Augustine J. Curley [New Jersey Catholic Historical Records Commission, 1999].

Page updated 9/211/07

The original bibliography, containing over 1000 entries, can be obtained from the Commission. For more information, click here.

 The compiler would appreciate hearing of any materials that should be included in this bibliography. He can be reached via e-mail: acurley@sbp.org

A. Bibliographical Resources

B. Regional Titles

State-wide (or covering more than one diocese)

Adams, E. Catholic Trails West: Founding Families of Pennsylvania. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988.

Includes information on Catholics in New Jersey.

The Goshenhoppen Registers, 1741-1819. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.

Records originally published in the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia between 1886 and 1950. A complete name index is added. German Catholics working for Casper Wisper's glass factory in Salem County are found in the registers.

McGean, James H. " The Earliest Baptismal Register of St. Peter's Church, New York City." Historical Records and Studies, vol. 1-3

Riley, George. Riley Remembers: South Jersey History. Privately printed.

A photocopied collection of clippings and articles dealing with South Jersey history, including much about Catholic history.

Sherman, Constance Denise. "Baptismal Records of Saint Peter's Church, New York City, 1787-1800." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 68 (1980): 21-30; 129-136; 203-212.

Archdiocese of Newark

Delozier, Alan. "Catholic Theology & American Life: The Civil War Pastoral Letters of Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley." New Jersey History 117:3-4 (Fall/Winter 1999): 65-78.

Mahon, James J. Styles of Ethnic Catholicism in the Archdiocese of Newark: a History of Conflicts and Control. Ph.D. Dissertation, New School for Social Research, 1995. v, 428 leaves; 28 cm. [InNd]

Waltzer, Jim. "Professing the Faith." New Jersey Monthly 19:10 (October 1994), p. 64+

Focuses on the attitudes of Catholics

Diocese of Camden

"The Catholic Church" Bulletin of the Gloucester County Historical Society, 8:1 (September 1961)

Evolution of the Catholic Church in south Jersey

Giglio, Charles J. A glorious past, a brilliant future : the history of the Diocese of Camden / by Charles J. Giglio ; edited by Louis A. Marucci. Strasbourg, France : Editions du Signe, c2002. 142 p. : ill. ( chiefly col.), col. map ; 31 cm. NjR

Hogan, John. Credible Signs of Christ Alive, Case Studies from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. 130 p.

Includes a chapter on Camden Churches Organized for People.

Diocese of Metuchen

Diocese of Paterson

Berry, Jason. "The Priest and the Boy." Rolling Stone 20 June 2002, pp. 60-63, 90, 92.

Mark Serrano and Father James T. Hanley.

"Roman Catholic Research in the Diocese of Paterson." The Castle Genie [Newsletter of the Passaic County Historical Society] 9:1 (Fall, 1998):

Diocese of Trenton

C. Internal Controversies

D. Doctrinal and Apologetic Works

E. Political and Social Issues

Turse, Nicholas. "Vote No: Archbishop Walsh, the Catholic Church and the 1944 New Jersey Consitution." Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 59 (2000): 25-52.

Treats Newark Archbishop Walsh's attempt to establish a Catholic voting block against the 1944 revised Consitution out of fear that it would eliminate the tax-free status of Catholic institutions.

F. Local and Parochial Histories

Archdiocese of Newark

Bergen County

East Rutherford. Saint Joseph.

St. Joseph's Church : one hundred years of life. South Hackensack, NJ : Custombook, 1972. 31 p. : ill.(some col.), ports. ; 28 cm.

Garfield. Saint Stanislaus Kostka.

Saint Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church, Garfield, New Jersey : 75th anniversary : 1917-1992. [S.l. : s.n., 1992?]. [84] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Hackensack. Holy Trinity.

Holy Trinity Parish : 125 years : serving Hackensack-Teaneck, New Jersey. Hackensck, NJ: Custombook, 1977. 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Ridgewood. Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Ridgewood, New Jersey : one hndred years 1889-1989. Tappan, N.Y. : Custombook [1989]. 40 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

River Edge. St. Peter the Apostle.

Forward in faith: a history of the parish of St. Peter the Apostle Church. Creative designer: George R. Fernandez, with project editors: Mary H. Donohue and Jerry Donahue. River Edge, NJ : St. Peter the Apostle Parish, c2001. 326 p.

Wood-Ridge. Assumption of Our Blessed Lady.

Church of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady, Wood-Ridge, N.J. : fiftieth anniversary, 1926-1976. Custombook, 1976. 20, 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. NjN

Essex County

Belleville. Saint Peter.

Curley, Augustine J., O.S.B. "Essex County Gravestones: Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Belleville." Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 76:3 (September 2001), pp. 119-129.

Caldwell. Saint Aloysius.

Saint Aloysius Church : Caldwell, New Jersey 1892-1992. N.p., 1993? 240 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Newark. Blessed Sacrament.

Ilg, Peter. Blessed Sacrament Church: a Parish in Transition Toward a New Praxis of Shared Leadership in Urban Ministry. D. Min. Dissertation, Drew University, 1997. vi, 141 leaves; 29 cm. [InNd]

Newark. Queen of Angels.

Ward, Mary A. From Mission to Mecca: an African American Catholic Church Redefines Itself. Ph.D. Dissertation, Fordham University, 1998. xiv, 301, [3] leaves ; ill.; 28 cm. [InNd]. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 291-301).

Ward, Mary A. A Mission for Justice: The History of the First African American Catholic Church in Newark, New Jersey. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2002. 214p.

Newark. Sacred Heart Cathedral.

"A Cathedral Is Built;" "Building a Cathedral;" "Carving for a Cathedral;" "Waterproofing a Cathedral." Stone, 74:10 (December 1953): 9-23.

Durkin, Mary-Cabrini. The Story of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart: A Statement of Faith. Strasbourg: Editions du Signe, c2003. 48 pp.

Profusely illustrated.

The Stained Glass of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey. Strasbourg: Editions du Signe, c1998. 64 pp.

Photographs of all of the stained glass with explanations of the imagery.

Newark. Saint John.

Golway, Terry. "Matters of Which We Dare Not Speak" America, January 17-24, 2005, p. 8.

Reflections on the Chrismas Eve party for the homeless.

Newark. Saint Patrick Pro-Cathedral.

Wister, Robert James. St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral: An Historical Reflection.[Newark: Saint Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, 2000]. [48] pp.

Montclair. Saint Peter Claver

Milliken, Elizabeth. "St. Peter Claver: Race and Catholicism in the Formation of an African American Parish." New Jersey History 117:3-4 (Fall/Winter 1999): 3-27.

Hudson County

Bayonne. Saint Joseph.

St. Joseph's Church, Bayonne, New Jersey : one hundred years, 1888-1988. Custombook, [1988?], 84, 48 p.

Bayonne. St. Vincent.

The History of St. Vincent Cadets, Bayonne, NJ. [St. Vincent Cadet's Alumni Association?, 2002?]

Jersey City. Holy Name Cemetery.

Rules and regulations governing the Cemetery of "The Holy Name," Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Ronalds Press, 1895. 48 p. ; 23 cm.

Jersey City. Saint Anthony

Centennial Album, St. Anthony’ Parish, Jersey City, NJ, 1984

West New York. Saint Joseph of the Palisades.

Field, Eugene. A centennial celebration of St. Joseph of the Palisades : auspice Deo et Josepho, with the protection of God and Joseph : advancing the kingdom of God. [West New York, N.J.: St. Joseph of the Palisades, 2003]

Union County

Elizabeth. Saint Michael.

One hundred twenty fifith anniversary : 1852-1977 : St. Michael's Parish, Elizabeth, New Jersey. [S.l. : s.n., 1977?]. [40] p. :ill. ; 28 cm. .

Elizabeth. Saint Peter and Saint Paul. (Lithuanian).

Senkus, William. The history of a Lithuanian-American community in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Elizabeth, NJ : [s.n.], 1984. [148] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Linden. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.

Seventy-five years of love and service; Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Linden, New Jersey. Linden: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, 1984.

Diocese of Camden

Atlantic County

Hammonton. St. Joseph.

St. Joseph's Church Centennial, 1886-1986, Hammonton, NJ. 1986. 84 pp.

Camden County

Camden. Holy Name.

Gutierrez, Francisco Daniel. "Making Connections." Company: A Magazine of the American Jesuits, 14:4 (Summer 1998), pp. 14-16.

Concerns the Jesuits who staff Holy Name Church in Camden, and the parish’s relationship with Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia

Camden. Sacred Heart.

A Heart in Camden for a hundred years : Sacred Heart Parish, Camden, New Jersey, founded October 13, 1885. Camden: The Parish, 1987.

Cape May County

Cumberland County

Bridgeton. Immaculate Conception.

Sharp, William F. George Rickert's motto, or I'll try. Including a history of the Immaculate Conception Church, Bridgeton, N.J. [n.p., 1906?]

Gloucester County

Malaga. Saint Mary.

St. Mary's of Malaga 1922-1997 : a Delsea Drive landmark celebrates its diamond jubilee. [Burtonville, MD : Westland Printers, c1997] 20 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Founded as a mission of Sacred Heart, Vineland, in 1922, the parish became independent in 1961.

Salem County

Salem. Saint Mary.

Lyons, Stephen M. St. Mary's Parish messenger with sermon sketches. Salem, N.J., 1906.

Diocese of Metuchen

Hunterdon County

Hampton. St. Ann.

"Hunterdon County Gravestones: St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Hampton." Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 81:2 (May 2006), pp. 50-59.

Whitehouse Station. Our Lady of Lourdes.

Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey : 75th anniversary 1923-1998. [N.p: Olan Mills,Inc.], 1998. 32, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Middlesex County

Highland Park. Saint Paul.

25th Anniversary : a souvenir of St. Paul's Parish, 1915-1940. [Highland Park, NJ?: The Parish?, 1940. [40 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.] Nj.

Somerset County

Warren County

Diocese of Paterson

Morris County

Passaic County

Passaic. Saint Mary of the Assumption.

100th anniversary journal, Saint Mary's Assumption Roman catholic slovak church, Passaic, New Jersey. 1891-1991. [Passaic]: St. Mary's Assumption church, 1991. 1v. unp. ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Passaic. Saint Stephen (Hungarian)

St. Stephen R.C. Magyar Church. Hackensack, N.J. : Custombook, 1978. 21, [26] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

West Milford. Saint Joseph.

Zalenski, Annita. Written in Stone: Gravestone Inscriptions, Passaic County, New Jersey. Paterson: Passaic County Historical Society, 2002. 184 p.

"Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery," pp. 117-125.

Includes a name index covering all of the cemeteries together.

Sussex County

Diocese of Trenton

Burlington County

Burlington. St. Paul.

Waters, Kathleen. More Than Stone: A Book of Remembrance, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Burlington, New Jersey. Privately printed, [date?]. 238 p.

Riverside. St. Casimir.

75th Anniversary St. Casimir's Church, Riverside, New Jersey. 1988. 80 p.

Mercer County

Hopewell. Saint Alphonsus.

"Mercer County Gravestones: St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hopewell Borough." Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 79:2 (May 2004), pp. 67-74; 129-135.

Lawrenceville. Saint Ann.

Dedication journal, Saint Ann's Church, Lawrenceville, N.J. Lawrenceville: Saint Ann Church, 1986.

Trenton. Holy Cross.

Centennial Album, Holy Cross Parish, Trenton, NJ, 1881-1981

Trenton. Sacred Heart.

History of St. John the Baptist-Sacred Heart Parish, Trenton, New Jersey, 1814-1991. [Trenton: Sacred Heart Church?, 1991]. Nj

Monmouth County

Spring Lake. Saint Catharine.

A centennial history of Saint Catharine Church : celebrating 100 years of worship 1902-2002 / compiled and edited by Patricia F. Colrick. [City?]: Providence House Publishers, 2001. xii, 180 p.

Ocean County

Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic

Passaic County

Passaic. Saint Michael Cathedral.

100th anniversary centennial celebration : October 21, 1990 / Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel. [Passaic, N.J. : The Cathedral, 1990?] ca. 100 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. NjR

Essex County

Mercer County

Middlesex County

Union County

Elizabeth. Saints Peter and Paul.

SS. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Hackensack, NJ : Custombook, 1972. 28, [8] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Linden, Saint George.

75th anniversary 1923-1998 : St. George Byzantine Catholic Church, Linden, New Jersey. [Linden, N.J.? : St. George Byzantine Catholic Church, 1998. 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm. NjR

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia Ukrainian

Melkite-Greek Catholic Diocese of Newton

West Paterson. Saint Ann.

"St. Ann Melkite Catholic Church, 75th Anniversary, Diamond Jubilee Journal, 1920-1995" (West Paterson, NJ., 1995, 120pp).

G. Religious Communities of Men

Benedictines

Holtz, Albert. Downtown monks : sketches of God in the city. Ave Maria Press, c2000. 187 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Sketches of life at Newark Abbey

Roarke, J. Madeleva. Father Damasus and the Founding of Mount Saviour. Pine City, NY: Madroar Press, 1998. 255pp.

Chapter 6, pp. 93-117, treats of his time in New Jersey. He arrived from Germany in 1938, and taught at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington. With two other German monks, Leo Rudloff and Albert Hammensteade, he founded St. Paul's Priory, a monastic foundation in Keyport, which closed in 1946.

Hammond, John. "Experiment in Keyport: On a Confused Mission." Chapter 3 in A Benedictine Legacy of Peace. Weston, Vermont: Weston Priory, 2005, pp. 35-48.

Before they founded Mount Saviour Monastery and Weston Priory, respectively, Damasus Winzen and Leo Rudloff, German Benedictines, taught at Immaculate Conception Seminary and attempted a foundation at Keyport, NJ.

Comboni Missionaries

Durchholz, Patricia. Defining Mission: The Growth and Retrenchment of Comboni Missionaries in America. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1999. 384 p.

H. Religious Communities of Women

Benedictines

Tisdall. Maria. The Convent Cook: Divine Meals for Families Large and Small. Berkeley & Toronto: Ten Speed Press, 2002. 206 p., ill.

The cook at Saint Walburga Monastery, Elizabeth, presents recipes month by month, with each month's section introduced by a reflection on the rhythm of life at the monastery and a photograph.

Wilk, Sr. Miriam Ruth, O.S.B. Tell It with Joy: A Narrative of the Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Gertrude Priory, Ridgely, Maryland, 1857-1980. [Ridgely, MD: St. Gertrude Monastery] , 2006. 87 p.

The monastery was founded in Newark.

Sisters of Mercy

McCarthy, Mary-Theresa. Courtly Mercy in 1924. [Lakewood, NJ: Georgian Court College], c1993. 28 p., ill., 22 cm.

I. Education

College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station

Gleason, Sister Mary Ellen, S.C. College of Saint Elizabeth. [Images of America]. Charleston: Arcadia, 2000?. 128 p

Saint Benedict's Prep, Newark

McCabe, Thomas Allan. "Miracle on High Street: A History of St. Benedict's Preparatory School." Ph.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University, 2006. vi, 371 leaves.

Saint Peter's College, Jersey City

Delozier, Alan. "Jesuit Higher Education in New Jersey, 1889-1900: Saint Peter's College." Catholic Education, 3:2 (June 2000), pp. 491ff.

Saint Rose High School, Belmar

Bloom, Marc. God on the Starting Line: The Triumph of a Catholic School Running Team and Its Jewish Coach. Halcotttsville, NY: Breakaway Books, 2004. 240 p.

Bloom, a reformed Jew, writes about his experience coaching the track team at St. Rose High School.

Expanded from an article in Runner's World.

Seton Hall University, South Orange

Delozier, Alan. Seton Hall Pirates: A Basketball History. [Images of Sports]. Charleston: Arcadia, 2002. 128 p.

Noonan, Shelia Smith. "The Law School at 50: Perspectives Past and Present." Seton Hall University Magazine, 13:1 (Summer 2004), pp. 17-23.

J. Non-educational Apostolates

K. Ethnic Groups

Germans

Maier, Susan. "Whatever Happened to Peter Hasenclever's Germans?" The Highlander, v.34 (1988), no.88

Hasenclever operated iron works at Ringwood, Long Pond, and Charlottenburg. Between 1764 and 1767 he brought over a number of Germans to work for him. Many of these workers appear in Father Farmer's records.

Irish

Mahoney, W. H. "Irish Footsteps in New Jersey Sands." Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, 1927.

________. "The Irish Element in Newark, N.J." Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, 1922.

________. "Irish Settlers in Union County, N.J." Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, 1929-30.

________. " The Irish in Princeton, N.J." Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, 1928.

________. "The Melting Pot--Irish Footsteps in New Jersey." Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, 1926.

________. "Some Seventeenth-Century Irish Colonists in New Jersey." Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, 1927.

Quinn, Dermot. The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American Life. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2004. x, 226 pp., ill.

________. "New Jersey," in The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America, ed. Michael Glazier. Notre Dame, IN: The University of Notre Dame Press, 1999. Pp. 666-676.

Ridge, John T. "Jersey City: The Irish Across the River." New York Irish History 4 (1989): 11-14.

Peruvians

Ruiz Baia, Larissa, “Rethinking Transnationalism: Reconstructing National Identities among Peruvian Catholics in New Jersey,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, 41 (Winter 1999), 93–109

L. Fraternal and Other Societies

M. Individual and Family Biography

Egan, John P.

Egan, John P. A Priest Forever and No More. Barneget Light, NJ: Fragile Twilight Press, 1999. 90 p.

Kelley, James Francis, 1902-

Kelley, James Francis. Memoirs of Msgr. ("Doc") J. F. Kelley. Locust, NJ: Adrian McBride, 1987. 468 p.

Kelley served as president of Seton Hall University.

Marchione, Margherita

Marchione, Margherita. The Fighting Nun: My Story. New York & London: Cornwall Books, 2000. 240p.

"Sister Margherita Marchione." Inside the Vatican, 11:1 (January 2003), p. 23.

#6 of "The Top Ten People of 2002."

Pogany, George, 1912-1993

Pogany, Eugene L. "In Each Other's Likeness: Twin Brothers Separated by Faith After the Holocaust." Cross Currents, Spring 1995.

Pogany, Eugene L. In My Brother's Image: Twin Brothers Separated by Faith After the Holocaust. New York: Viking, 2000. xviii, 327 p.

Twin brothers Miklós and György Pogany were born in Hungary of Jewish parents who, when the boys were young, converted to Catholicism. Miklós, the author's father, returned to the practice of Judaism, and György became a Catholic priest. Both settled in New Jersey. György served as pastor of the church of Saint Mary of the Assumption, a Hungarian parish that was for a time located in Newark and then in Irvington.

Ruppell Family (of Hunterdon County)

"Ruppell Family Cemetery." Hunterdon Historical Newsletter, 30:2 (Spring 1994)

Tatham, John and Elizabeth (of Burlington)

Middleton, Thomas C. "John and Elizabeth Tatham of Burlington, N.J., A.D. 1681-1700." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 6 (1895): 61-135.

Washington, John P., 1908-1943

Kurzman, Dan. No Greater Glory: The Four Immortal Chaplains and the Sinking of the Dorchester in World War II. New York: Random House. xvi, 250 p.

Wickens, Paul.

"Fr. Paul Wickens" in Priest, where is thy Mass? Mass, where is thy priest?: the seminary interviews. Kansas City, Missouri: Angelus Press, 2003. Pp. 135-150.

"Sixteen priests tell why they celebrate the Latin Mass."

 

N. Catholic-Protestant Relations

Stenographic Report of the Great Debate between the Rev. B. Pascale, Baptist Minister, and the Rev. Prof. A. DeMaria, Roman Catholic Priest, upon the Thesis: Which Is the True Church of Christ? Before a Public Audience of More than 2000. March 4, 1917. [Belleville, N.J.: B. Pascale, 1917]. 49 pp. NjBe (photocopy)

Plumley, Gardner S. Piety Secures the Nation's Prosperity. A Thanksgiving Discourse . Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Metuchen, New Jersey . December 7, 1865. New York, 1866. 24 p.

Includes a warning about the Roman Catholics.

O. Anti-Catholicism

Dunning, Alan Smith. "Nicholas Murray and Presbyterian Anti-Catholicism, 1835 - 1860." Senior Thesis, Princeton University, 1968.

P. Fiction

Williams, Mary V. In the Jersey Hills. New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1926.