What you should know
- Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, and the Inner City Children’s Scholarship Fund (SFIC) will commemorate the 20th anniversary of September 11 with a commemoration ceremony.
- Special Mass at Newark Cathedral Basilica on September 8 at 5 p.m.
- The mass will honor the victims and highlight commemorative scholarships by the Downtown Children’s Scholarship Fund.
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NEW YORK – Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, and the Inner City Children’s Scholarship Fund (SFIC) will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 11 September with a commemoration ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Wednesday, September 8 at 5:00 PM.
All interested are invited to attend the ceremony, which will feature a special mass led by Cardinal Tobin. This Mass will be a solemn and sacred opportunity to honor those who died during the terrorist attacks of September 11.
“Until we join them in the Kingdom of Heaven, we will always miss those whose lives were tragically cut short a few miles from our cathedral on September 11,” Cardinal Tobin said. “You can never really recover from such a deep loss. But God’s love provides the greatest comfort. And at the commemoration ceremony, we will be grateful that you are with us and ask that you bless all those who have been grieving for the past 20 years. “
The ceremony will also draw attention to three SFIC “remembrance scholarships” that were created in honor of the victims of September 11th.
The first, the Patrick S. Murphy Scholarship, was established by Vera Murphy-Trayner in 2006 to honor her husband following his death in the World Trade Center. Murphy-Trayner and her daughter, Maggie Murphy, will participate in the Mass as bearers of gifts.
The other two scholarships were recently awarded by Mother Seton Regional High School in Clark and Immaculate Conception High School in Montclair to recognize the 20th anniversary of September 11. Each of these scholarships helps fulfill SFIC’s mission of providing partial tuition assistance to economically disadvantaged children attending private and parochial schools in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties. Thanks to generous donors, approximately $ 150,000 will be awarded to those three scholarships, as well as other schools, in honor of the commemoration ceremony.
“SFIC cares deeply about the innocent lives lost during the 9/11 tragedy, so we decided to hold this commemoration ceremony as a way to honor their memory and help their loved ones heal,” said Edward J. Garcia. SFIC Senior Donations Officer. “By offering these scholarships, we want to provide hope for the future while letting everyone know that the victims of September 11 will never be forgotten.”
To learn more about the Downtown Children’s Scholarship Fund or to donate to its scholarships, visit https://www.sficnj.org/.
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