St. Patrick’s students salute first responders
St. Patrick Catholic Academy hosted its second “First Responders’ Day” on Friday, January 20, honoring the brave members of the NYPD, FDNY, and EMS who serve the community.
The morning started with a special mass, celebrated by St. Patrick’s pastor Monsignor Michael Hardiman, and attended by the school’s entire student body, faculty, parents who are first responders and members of the 68th Precinct. Students participated in the mass by taking part in the procession, singing in the choir and altar serving. Parents and students alike memorialized recently deceased Detective Steven McDonald, who visited the school earlier this year.
Students also joined their parents who are first responders. Third grader Laura D’Emic was with her father, an active firefighter with the FDNY. Kevin Keenan, who is in NYPD harbor patrol, proudly watched his daughter, Shannon, who is in the seventh grade, serve mass.