On the evening of July 19, 1954, The Reverand Henry A. Faber, Paster of St. James’ Parish in Penns Grove, and the Reverend John S. Griffey, Pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Salem, called together in St. James’ Auditorium representatives from each of the Catholic Families residing in the Lower Penns Neck Township Communities of Glenside, Churchtown, Central Park, Beaver Dam, Pennsville, Penn Beach, and Mahoneyville. These communities at the time, parts of St. James’ and St. Mary’s Parishes. Approximately 125 persons attended the meeting. The pastors informed those present that the following proposals had been presented to and approved by His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bartholomew T. Eustace, Bishop of the Diocese of Camden: that the communities be constituted as a mission of St. James’ Parish with the objective in mind that the mission would form a nucleus of a future individual parish; and that the beginning in the near future, Father Faber would offer Holy Mass for the congregation of the mission at the Veterans of Foreign War Post Home in Pennsville each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Those present at the meeting were urged to report to Father Faber and parcels of land, approximately 500 feet square and within the boundaries of the mission, which they might know to be available for sale and suitable for a permanent church building site.

    On Sunday morning, August 15, 1954, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin of Mary, Father Faber celebrated the mission’s first Mass at the Sqt. William T. Whitaker Post Home of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Pennsville. The building was overfilled by an estimate of 381 persons. Many others who attended were obliged to stand out of doors.

    On August 12, 1954, the Certificate of Incorporation of the embryo parish was duly executed by His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bartholomew T. Eustace, Bishop of Camden, the Right Reverend Monsignor Augustine Mozier, Vicar General of the Diocese of Camden, the Reverend Henry A. Faber, Pastor, and by Mr. Stephen J. Elsik and Mr. Joseph D. Mahoney, trustees of the mission.

    On Friday, January 21, 1955, the Diocese of Camden acquired possession from Mr. And Mrs. John B. Cordrey the tract of land located on the north-west corner of Cordrey Avenue and South Broadway in Mahoneyville, on which it was proposed to erect the parish church, and also possession of the grounds and home of the Cordreys on the adjoining south-west corner, which home was to become the rectory of the future parish.

    On Saturday, January 29, 1955, his Excellency, Bartholomew T. Eustace, Bishop of Camden, designated the mission as the Parish of the Queen of the Apostles, and simultaneously appointed the Reverand Aloysius L. Busch the first Pastor of the new parish. His Excellency chose the dedication title "Queen of the Apostles" because the parish had its inception during 1954, the Marian year.

    On Sunday October 23, 1955, the Breaking of Ground Ceremony was performed by Monsignor Mozier, Father Busch, Father Faber, Father Griffey, and Father Paul Fairbrother, thereby marking the beginning of construction of the church building.

    On Sunday, December 25, 1955, Father Busch celebrated the parish’s first Christmas Midnight Mass in the auditorium of the Pennsville Memorial School.

    On Sunday, February 19, 1956, the Ceremony of the Laying of the Corner Stone of the church building was performed by Monsignor Mozier, Father Busch, Father Faber, Father Griffey, Father McKeever, and Father Kurylo.

    By Holy Week of 1956, construction had progressed sufficiently to permit the offering of Mass in the new church building. On Holy Thursday, March 29, 1956, at 6:00p.m. Father Busch celebrated the first Mass in the church. Accordingly, services were held there on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, and on Easter Sunday morning, April 1, 1956, Father Busch celebrated the first Midnight Mass to be offered in that building.

    Thus the mission, established less than twenty months previously, had attained its status as a full-fledged parish.