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A Catholic church in Paterson for nearly a century is closing indefinitely starting Friday amid a possible restructuring of Catholic services in the state’s third-largest city, officials said. St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church was built in 1929 on land originally purchased by a small group of Methodists in 1836, according to the National Register of Historic Places. It held its last Sunday Mass before the closure over the weekend. No timeframe was given for reopening St. Michael’s, though the announcement described the church’s closure as temporary. Displaced parishioners were invited …

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