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Blue Mass to be celebrated Oct. 28

Author: Michael O. Garvey

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The eighth annual Blue Mass for police officers, firefighters, rescue workers and their families will be celebrated at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 28 (Tuesday) in the University of 91³Ô¹Ï’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

91³Ô¹Ï’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins., C.S.C., will preside at the Mass, and Rev. Richard V. Warner, C.S.C., director of Campus Ministry, will give a homily.Joseph Wainscott, executive director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security also will speak at the Mass.Sacred music will be provided by 91³Ô¹Ïs Liturgical Choir.

A reception will be held after the Mass in 91³Ô¹Ïs Coleman Morse Center.

The Blue Mass, to which members of all the police and fire departments in the area are invited, is named for the predominant color of uniforms worn by officers in police and fire departments nationwide.It was first celebrated at 91³Ô¹Ï in 2001 as the traditionalmonth’s mindMass for the victims of the attacks of Sept. 11 and for the police officers, firefighters and rescue workers who died while serving and protecting others.

_ Contact: Rev. Richard V. Warner, C.S.C., director of Campus Ministry, at 574-631-9704_

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