Joyful moment as Bishop baptizes infant in Pompton Plains #Catholic – Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 8 visited Our Lady of Good Counsel (OLGC) Parish in Pompton Plains, N.J., to celebrate a Spanish Mass. He also performed a baptism of an infant, Sara Restrepo Gonzalez. Father Darwin Lastra, OLGC pastor, and Father Yohan A. Serrano, spiritual director of the Hermandad Emmaus and Sussex County Hispanic community chaplain who lives at the parish, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter. BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI [See image gallery at beaconnj.org]  

Joyful moment as Bishop baptizes infant in Pompton Plains #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/OLGC_6550-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /><p><strong>Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 8</strong> visited Our Lady of Good Counsel (OLGC) Parish in Pompton Plains, N.J., to celebrate a Spanish Mass. He also performed a baptism of an infant, Sara Restrepo Gonzalez.</p> <p>Father Darwin Lastra, OLGC pastor, and Father Yohan A. Serrano, spiritual director of the Hermandad Emmaus and Sussex County Hispanic community chaplain who lives at the parish, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney.</p> <hr> <h6 style="text-align: center"><a href="https://beaconnj.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter.</span></a></h6> <hr> <div style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 24px"><strong>BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI</strong></div> <div> [<a href="https://beaconnj.org/joyful-moment-as-bishop-baptizes-infant-in-pompton-plains/">See image gallery at beaconnj.org</a>]  </div> - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/OLGC_6550-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" />Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 8 visited Our Lady of Good Counsel (OLGC) Parish in Pompton Plains, N.J., to celebrate a Spanish Mass. He also performed a baptism of an infant, Sara Restrepo Gonzalez. Father Darwin Lastra, OLGC pastor, and Father Yohan A. Serrano, spiritual director of the Hermandad Emmaus and Sussex County Hispanic community chaplain who lives at the parish, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter. BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI