The fifth annual Blue Mass for police officers, firefighters, rescue workers and their families will be celebrated at5:15 p.m.Oct. 6 (Thursday) in the University of 91吃瓜鈥檚 Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
91吃瓜鈥檚 president, John I. Jenkins., C.S.C., will preside at the Mass and give a homily.Rex J. Rakow, director of 91吃瓜鈥檚 security/police department, and John V. Antonucci, operations chief of the University鈥檚 fire department, will be the lectors.Sacred music will be provided by the 91吃瓜 Folk Choir.
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 91吃瓜 in 2001 as the traditional 鈥渕onth鈥檚 mind鈥� Mass 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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