On October 13, 2000 in the Jubilee Year, and on the anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, his Excellency Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio, Bishop of Camden, established Mater Ecclesiĉ Roman Catholic Church as a Church within the Camden Diocese serving Catholics who feel an attachment to the Traditional Latin Mass which is sometimes referred to as "The Old Mass", "The Ancient Roman Liturgy" or "The Tridentine Mass".

We were established having no regional boundaries the way normal parishes do.  This is in order to serve Catholics who feel an attachment to the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the Roman Missal of 1962.

In 1988, Pope John Paul II in the binding Moto Proprio "Ecclesia Dei" permitted a Wide and Generous application of the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in order to facilitate full communion between Catholics who desire the Mass and Sacraments as the were before the changes made after the Second Vatican Council.

Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church is the first canonically established Church  owned and staffed by a Roman Catholic Diocese, that has been granted exclusive use of the Roman Missal Typical Edition of 1962.

The "Tridentine Mass" has been called "The Most Venerable Rite of Mass in all of Christianity" as well as "The Most Beautiful Thing This Side of Heaven". 

Please know that you are welcome to join us as we celebrate these Divine, Heavenly Mysteries at Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church.