The 15th annual Blue Mass, honoring law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency responders serving in the six counties of the Diocese of Camden, was celebrated Sept. 28 at Saint Agnes Church of Our Lady of Hope Parish.
The standing room only crowd featured first responders and their families as well as students from throughout the diocese. Bishop Dennis Sullivan was the principal celebrant of the Mass and the parish pastor, Father Joseph Szolack, served as homilist, and gave a personal account of growing up with his father as a police officer and discussed what it meant to his family and the community.