Secret Service chaplain marks Golden Anniversary in Washington Township #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lopatesky_6413-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" /><p><strong>With great jubilation,</strong> Msgr. Raymond Lopatesky reflected on the “magnificent adventure” of his 50 years as a priest so far during a well-attended Mass to commemorate his Golden Anniversary on Nov. 11 at St. Luke Parish in the Long Valley neighborhood of Washington Township, N.J.</p>
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<p>Msgr. Lopatesky, who serves in law enforcement ministry as a full-time chaplain to the U.S. Secret Service’s Newark Division and director of the Morris County Police Critical Incident Debriefing Team, was the principal celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Several fellow priests concelebrated the liturgy, including Father Michael Szwarc, pastor of St. Luke’s. Msgr. Lopatesky is also a retired priest of the Paterson Diocese in New Jersey and a weekend assistant at St. Luke’s.</p>
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</div> - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lopatesky_6413-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" />With great jubilation, Msgr. Raymond Lopatesky reflected on the “magnificent adventure” of his 50 years as a priest so far during a well-attended Mass to commemorate his Golden Anniversary on Nov. 11 at St. Luke Parish in the Long Valley neighborhood of Washington Township, N.J. Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Msgr. Lopatesky, who serves in law enforcement ministry as a full-time chaplain to the U.S. Secret Service’s Newark Division and director of the Morris County Police Critical Incident Debriefing Team, was the principal celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Several fellow priests concelebrated the liturgy, including Father
With great jubilation, Msgr. Raymond Lopatesky reflected on the “magnificent adventure” of his 50 years as a priest so far during a well-attended Mass to commemorate his Golden Anniversary on Nov. 11 at St. Luke Parish in the Long Valley neighborhood of Washington Township, N.J.
Msgr. Lopatesky, who serves in law enforcement ministry as a full-time chaplain to the U.S. Secret Service’s Newark Division and director of the Morris County Police Critical Incident Debriefing Team, was the principal celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Several fellow priests concelebrated the liturgy, including Father Michael Szwarc, pastor of St. Luke’s. Msgr. Lopatesky is also a retired priest of the Paterson Diocese in New Jersey and a weekend assistant at St. Luke’s.
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With great jubilation, Msgr. Raymond Lopatesky reflected on the “magnificent adventure” of his 50 years as a priest so far during a well-attended Mass to commemorate his Golden Anniversary on Nov. 11 at St. Luke Parish in the Long Valley neighborhood of Washington Township, N.J.
Msgr. Lopatesky, who serves in law enforcement ministry as a full-time chaplain to the U.S. Secret Service’s Newark Division and director of the Morris County Police Critical Incident Debriefing Team, was the principal celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Several fellow priests concelebrated the liturgy, including Father Michael Szwarc, pastor of St. Luke’s. Msgr. Lopatesky is also a retired priest of the Paterson Diocese in New Jersey and a weekend assistant at St. Luke’s.
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Msgr. Lopatesky, who serves in law enforcement ministry as a full-time chaplain to the U.S. Secret Service’s Newark Division and director of the Morris County Police Critical Incident Debriefing Team, was the principal celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Several fellow priests concelebrated the liturgy, including Father Michael Szwarc, pastor of St. Luke’s. Msgr. Lopatesky is also a retired priest of the Paterson Diocese in New Jersey and a weekend assistant at St. Luke’s.
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