Police officers, firefighters, and emergency personnel routinely face situations most people never have to witness. At the ninth annual Diocese of Dallas Blue Mass and Blessing of the Fleet on Aug. 8, first responders gathered at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe to pray and to be recognized for their work.
Blue Mass
Hundreds of police officers, firefighters, law enforcement officials, first responders and others gathered Aug. 12 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe for the sixth annual Diocese of Dallas Blue Mass celebrated by Bishop Edward J. Burns.
On Saturday, Aug. 6, members of the Dallas Police Department, Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, Dallas Fire and Rescue, and other first responders joined Bishop Edward J. Burns at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe for a Blessing of the Fleet and the Diocesan Blue Mass in recognition and thanksgiving for their service.