May 19, 2004
Fallen officers remembered 

With Bishop McDonnell are, left to right, Wayne J. McCormack, state warden; Thomas P. Ciborski, state treasurer; Domenic Cafarella, council grand knight; W. James White, state deputy; Reginald F. Beckett, state secretary; Jack Romano, district deputy, and Herbert C. Meyer, state advocate.

Most Rev. Charles J. McDonnell, Regional Bishop for Bergen County and State Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, recently celebrated the first Blue Mass for the county’s law enforcement community at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Emerson.

The Mass paid tribute to the 38 Bergen County officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty over the past years. A special tribute was paid to Fairlawn officer Mary Ann Collura who was killed a year ago.

Some 200 officers, eight honor guards and the Fourth Degree Color Corps participated.

The Knights’ five state officers, mayors, council members, the Bergen County executive officer and the sheriffs from Bergen and Passaic counties attended. Bergen County also supplied bagpipes and a bugler.

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