Just one day after the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney reflected on the day in his homily at the most recent youth Mass and prayer gathering in St. Peter the Apostle Church in Parsippany Sept. 12. He asked the teenagers — who were not born yet on the day of the attacks — what are some of the lessons they have learned about this tragic day in America’s history. One young person responded by answering “the importance of unity,” which was shown in abundance in the immediate days and weeks after the attacks.

The 9/11 Memorial Foundation of Chatham hosted a ceremony to honor the members of its community who died in the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and local clergy participated in the event that began with a walking procession at the Chatham Train Station where commuters, including those on the fateful day in 2001, take the train to travel to their jobs in New York City.

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Franciscans serving at St. Bonaventure Church in Paterson led a memorial service for Franciscan Father Mychal Judge, a FDNY chaplain and former pastor of St. Joseph Church in West Milford, at his grave in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery here. He was the first recorded casualty of 9/11.