September 2, 2019

Chicopee parish to host 13th annual deanery-wide Sept. 11 Memorial Mass

REGIONAL
Staff report

An angel comforting a firefighter is depicted in a stained-glass panel at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City. The New York Fire Department lost 343 members during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

CHICOPEE – The 13^th annual deanery-wide Sept. 11 Memorial Mass will be held at St. Anne Church, 30 College St., here, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

Sponsored by the Catholic Parishes of Chicopee and Ludlow 9/11 Memorial Mass Committee, the Mass honors the memory of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the plane crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Also honored are U.S. military members killed in the subsequent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

First responders and present armed forces members are invited to attend the Mass, which is open to all and will be followed by a reception in the parish hall. A free will donation will be accepted for Lorraine’s Soup Kitchen and Pantry in Chicopee.

For more information on the Mass, visit www.saintanne.us or call Mary in the parish office at 413-532-7503.