Sprung from a mission of Our Lady of the Lake in Verona in the 1950s, St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Cedar Grove occupies a large hilltop on Pompton Avenue. The parish also houses St. Catherine of Siena School, a Catholic elementary school. The parish conducts several fundraising efforts to support everything from adoption to hunger, and provides a range of support programs and blessings, including a blessing of the animals.