Father Mychal Judge Walk of Remembrance

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On Sunday, September 4th, the annual Father Mychal Judge Walk of Remembrance  will take place.

 

The day will start at St Francis of Assisi Church on 31st St between Sixth and Seventh Aves, just opposite the quarters of Eng 1, Lad 24. With a rosary at 8:45 am followed by a Catholic Mass at 9:30 am.

 

The Walk is scheduled to commence at 10:30 am and will follow the route taken by Fr Judge to the Trade Center. With stops at the firehouses and police precinct station houses along the way. Father Judge was the FDNY Chaplain who is listed as Victim # 0001. The walk is meant to honor Father Judge, the members of the Uniformed Services, and all those whose lives were so brutally taken on September 11, 2001 and by disease since then.

 

 A NYPD Auxiliary formation will be formed at Seventh Ave and 19th St, at the quarters of Eng 3/Lad 12/Batt 7. A bugler at that location will present taps. There will also be a second buglar who will blow Taps at the processions end at St Peters Church, Barclay and Church starting at approximately 1:30 pm. One block north of the Trade Center Site. St Peter's is where Fr Judge's body was placed upon after following his removal from the site.

 

  Anyone who can do so, please join in either at St Francis or the firehouse at Seventh Ave/19th St., or St Peters Church. A large turnout is the hope of those who organize this.

 

  Too many people have forgotten the events and what they mean. Here is a video from the Father Judge walk of Rememberance of September 5, 2010 as we remember FDNYs Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.

 

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce6UD-n3cQg

Edited August 29, 2016 by nfd2004

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Thank you very much for providing that photo and article. In that article it mentions a few paragraphs down about Father Judge going to a hospital to visit police officer Steve McDonald, who had been shot by a youth in Central Park.

 

 In the earlier video posted here, is Police Officer Steven McDonald, who is the individual sitting in a wheel chair at the 2010 Walk of Remembrance.