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February 5, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, February 10, 2017 from 2-8 PM at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 10 AM on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne.
Interment will be with his parents at the Holy Rood Cemetery in Morristown following the Funeral Mass on Saturday.
Reverend Monsignor Patrick E. Brown, of Wayne, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Brown, passed peacefully with the comfort of family and friends
Reverend Monsignor Patrick E. Brown, of Wayne, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Brown, passed peacefully with the comfort of family and friends by his side, on Sunday, February 5, 2017. He was born and raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City.
He was ordained to the priesthood on May 18th, 1978 by Bishop Rodimer in the Assumption Church, Morristown. That same year he received his Masters of Theology from the Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University.
He was named a Monsignor by Pope John Paul, II on May 29, 1998. On June 20, 2001, His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan inducted him into the Knights of Malta. Later that year, he was inducted into the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher. He served for four years at Our Lady of the Lake, Sparta and for ten years at Christ the King, New Vernon, and Saint Vincent DePaul Church, Stirling where he served as Pastor for eighteen years, before moving to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wayne.
In January of 2000, Bishop Rodimer appointed him Dean of Southeastern Morris County. In October of 2000, Bishop Rodimer appointed him Chaplain of the Morris County Chapter of Legatus.
Monsignor Brown was appointed Chaplain of the Morris County Jail in 1983, where he continues to serve. He is also Chaplain of the Long Hill Township Police Department; the Morris County Sheriff’s Department, and the Morris County Police & Fire Academy.
He has served on the Morris County Board of Social Services and Morris View Nursing Home. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Morris County Division of Youth Services; the Diocesan School Subsidy Committee, and Priest Moderator of the Diocesan Federation of Home & School Associations; Trustee of St. Elizabeth’s Academy, Convent Station; Honesty House, Stirling; Lounsberry Meadow Senior & Handicapped Housing, Stirling, the Assumption College, Mendham; Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Paterson; the Board of Advisors of the Legal Center for the Defense of Life; and in September 2004 was named to the Board of Visitors at the Seton Hall University Law School.
In 1995 he received the Ubi Caritas Award from the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities. In 1997 he received the President’s Award from the Diocesan Federation of Home School Associations. In 1997 he received the Archbishop Walsh Award from Seton Hall University. In 1998, he received the St. Ignatius Loyola Medal for Community Service from the Jesuit Community. In 2001, he was honored as Morris County Citizen of the Year. The Morris County Sheriff’s Office presented the Civilian Award in 2002 for 20 years of faithful service, and the Assumption College for Sisters, presented him with their First Caring Basket Award for Educational Services. In 2002, The Boy Scouts of America presented Monsignor Brown with a Lifetime Achievement Award. On November 8, 2003, the Paterson Federation of the Knights of Columbus Councils awarded Msgr. Brown with a Humanitarian Award, and on May 22nd, 2004 Seton Hall Alumni Association presented him with their Humanitarian Award for his involvement with Prison Ministry and work with the American Red Cross.
He was the loving brother of Sheila M. Brown of Budd Lake, Elizabeth N. Pettinato of New York City and her late husband Lawrence G. Pettinato, and Thomas M. Brown and his wife Patricia A. Brown of New York City; he was the much loved uncle of Shelia Brown O’Donnell, Lawrence G. Pettinato, Jr, Kathryn Brown Manning, Michael P. Pettinato, Thomas M. Brown, Jr., and Margaret M. Brown; he was the cherished great-uncle of Kathryn, Aiden, and Brynn O’Donnell, Lucy and Dillon Pettinato, and Emma, Audrey, and Charlotte Manning.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Catholic Family & Community Services, 24 DeGrasse Street, Paterson, NJ 07505 would be greatly appreciated. To make a donation online please click on the blue text above. If you are donating online in the area where it asks where to send acknowledgement of your donation please type "The family of Rev. Msgr. Patrick E. Brown" and your donation will be properly acknowledged to the family.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, February 10, 2017 from 2-8 PM at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 10 AM on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne.
Interment will be with his parents at the Holy Rood Cemetery in Morristown following the Funeral Mass on Saturday.
February 5, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, February 10, 2017 from 2-8 PM at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 10 AM on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne.
Interment will be with his parents at the Holy Rood Cemetery in Morristown following the Funeral Mass on Saturday.
Reverend Monsignor Patrick E. Brown, of Wayne, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Brown, passed peacefully with the comfort of family and friends
Reverend Monsignor Patrick E. Brown, of Wayne, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Brown, passed peacefully with the comfort of family and friends by his side, on Sunday, February 5, 2017. He was born and raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City.
He was ordained to the priesthood on May 18th, 1978 by Bishop Rodimer in the Assumption Church, Morristown. That same year he received his Masters of Theology from the Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University.
He was named a Monsignor by Pope John Paul, II on May 29, 1998. On June 20, 2001, His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan inducted him into the Knights of Malta. Later that year, he was inducted into the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher. He served for four years at Our Lady of the Lake, Sparta and for ten years at Christ the King, New Vernon, and Saint Vincent DePaul Church, Stirling where he served as Pastor for eighteen years, before moving to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wayne.
In January of 2000, Bishop Rodimer appointed him Dean of Southeastern Morris County. In October of 2000, Bishop Rodimer appointed him Chaplain of the Morris County Chapter of Legatus.
Monsignor Brown was appointed Chaplain of the Morris County Jail in 1983, where he continues to serve. He is also Chaplain of the Long Hill Township Police Department; the Morris County Sheriff’s Department, and the Morris County Police & Fire Academy.
He has served on the Morris County Board of Social Services and Morris View Nursing Home. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Morris County Division of Youth Services; the Diocesan School Subsidy Committee, and Priest Moderator of the Diocesan Federation of Home & School Associations; Trustee of St. Elizabeth’s Academy, Convent Station; Honesty House, Stirling; Lounsberry Meadow Senior & Handicapped Housing, Stirling, the Assumption College, Mendham; Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Paterson; the Board of Advisors of the Legal Center for the Defense of Life; and in September 2004 was named to the Board of Visitors at the Seton Hall University Law School.
In 1995 he received the Ubi Caritas Award from the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities. In 1997 he received the President’s Award from the Diocesan Federation of Home School Associations. In 1997 he received the Archbishop Walsh Award from Seton Hall University. In 1998, he received the St. Ignatius Loyola Medal for Community Service from the Jesuit Community. In 2001, he was honored as Morris County Citizen of the Year. The Morris County Sheriff’s Office presented the Civilian Award in 2002 for 20 years of faithful service, and the Assumption College for Sisters, presented him with their First Caring Basket Award for Educational Services. In 2002, The Boy Scouts of America presented Monsignor Brown with a Lifetime Achievement Award. On November 8, 2003, the Paterson Federation of the Knights of Columbus Councils awarded Msgr. Brown with a Humanitarian Award, and on May 22nd, 2004 Seton Hall Alumni Association presented him with their Humanitarian Award for his involvement with Prison Ministry and work with the American Red Cross.
He was the loving brother of Sheila M. Brown of Budd Lake, Elizabeth N. Pettinato of New York City and her late husband Lawrence G. Pettinato, and Thomas M. Brown and his wife Patricia A. Brown of New York City; he was the much loved uncle of Shelia Brown O’Donnell, Lawrence G. Pettinato, Jr, Kathryn Brown Manning, Michael P. Pettinato, Thomas M. Brown, Jr., and Margaret M. Brown; he was the cherished great-uncle of Kathryn, Aiden, and Brynn O’Donnell, Lucy and Dillon Pettinato, and Emma, Audrey, and Charlotte Manning.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Catholic Family & Community Services, 24 DeGrasse Street, Paterson, NJ 07505 would be greatly appreciated. To make a donation online please click on the blue text above. If you are donating online in the area where it asks where to send acknowledgement of your donation please type "The family of Rev. Msgr. Patrick E. Brown" and your donation will be properly acknowledged to the family.
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