St. Pat’s honors city’s first line of defense at now-annual First Responder’s Day
St. Patrick Catholic Academy hosted another successful “First Responders Day” – a school-wide event that pays tribute to members of the NYPD, FDNY, EMS and DSNY – on Friday, February 2.
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.
“We look up to first responders because you respond to the needs of people. And in that way, you are emblematic of what it means to be a Christian,” Monsignor Hardiman told the crowd.