Saint Bernard's Roman Catholic Church
1223 George Street

St. Bernard’s began as a mission of St. Mary’s Church in Netherwood on November 23, 1914. The first mass was celebrated in the little mission church, located on the corner of Emerson Avenue and George Street, on Sunday, May 16, 1915 by Father Bernard M. Bogan.The mission was separated from the mother parish in June 1921. Due to the growing congregation, ground was broken for a combination school and religious meeting center on March 8, 1925.  Construction began for the present church building in 1951, and the new church opened in 1952.  In 2005, St. Stanislaus merged with St. Bernard, as part of the Archdiocese of Newark’s’ “New Energies Parish Transition Project.”

Saint Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church
Monroe Avenue and West Fourth Street

The St. Stanislaus congregation began in October 1919 as an outgrowth of St. Mary’s.  Rev. B. M. Bogan established this parish for the Polish Plainfielders and initially held services in St. Mary’s Social Hall.  The groundbreaking for a church and laying of the cornerstone occurred in 1923 at the corner of West Fourth Street and Monroe Avenue.  In 1969, the church relocated to a new complex built at 1020-1036 West Seventh Street. In 2005, St. Stanislaus merged with St. Bernard’s, as part of the Archdiocese of Newark’s “New Energies Parish Transition Project.”