A Few Words About Us


St. Paul Inside the Walls welcomes people home to Christ and to Holy Mother Church through promotion of the New Evangelization.  We seek to:

  • re-evangelize and re-energize those already active in their faith
  • re-evangelize and welcome home those who no longer practice their faith
  • reach out to those of no faith tradition


 


We educate and train in Scripture and Tradition by:

  • training evangelization coordinators to ensure coverage of all parishes
  • creating educational opportunities for catechists who regularly encounter parishioners
  • offering additional resources for priests, deacons and religious
  • developing formation opportunities for lay Catholics


 

We send forth disciples of the New Evangelization through:

  • connecting returning Catholics to a parish community
  • matching the gifts and talents of those who have been educated and trained in Scripture and Tradition with the needs of all Catholic institutions within our diocese
  • encouraging the pursuit of advanced degrees in diverse fields of theology


 

Diaconate Center for the Diocese of Paterson

St. Paul Inside the Walls is also home to the Diaconate Center for the Diocese of Paterson. The Center supports the ongoing spiritual and pastoral development of the diocesan diaconal community of 164 deacons. The Diaconate Formation Program is also housed at St. Paul. The staff is comprised of priests and deacons from the Diocese of Paterson for the pastoral formation of candidates; and, staff from Immaculate Conception Seminary for the theological formation of candidates. The Aspirant class of 2011 will be ordained in May, 2015.

Please contact Dcn. Kevin E. Cleary to learn more.
Email: kcleary@patersondiocese.org
Phone: 973-443-9300; Cell 908-625-7847
To visit the Diaconate website, please click here.

 

Advisory Board Members


Executive Advisory Board:

  • Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D.,
    Bishop of Paterson
  • Rev. Geno Sylva, S.T.D.
    Vicar for Evangelization
    Director of St. Paul Inside the Walls
  • Andrew Anselmi (Co-Chair)
  • Robert Gasser (Co-Chair)
  • Karyn Gasser
  • Timothy Potter (ex-officio)
  • Dennis Rodano (ex-officio)

Advisory Board:

  • Joe Bezzone
  • John Eriksen
  • Nelson Ferreira
  • Rev. Msgr. John Hart
  • Christopher Kaplan
  • Timothy Molnar
  • AnaMaria Munoz
  • Chuck Seergy
  • Rev. Msgr. James Sheehan
  • Martin Vergara
  • Chris Wiltshire
  • Pat Terranella (Board Secretary)

 

Facility Features

There are two buildings on the bucolic 16.2 acre campus:

A turn of the century mansion built in 1920 which has been renovated through the generosity of individual benefactors which contains:

  • A chapel which seats 125 for Mass, Eucharistic adoration, and private devotion
  • An elevator and new walkways to be ADA compliant
  • A prayer garden for reflection and meditation
  • Two large state of the art conference rooms for workshops, lectures or meetings
  • Four meeting rooms
  • Theology Library and resource center
  • Ministry center for young adults (ages 22-35)
  • State of the art "Green" HVAC

A 45,000 square foot school building built in 1970 which currently contains:

  • 5 Meeting rooms
  • 8 Offices
  • Gymnasium and locker rooms