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Only In Print: Bishop Honors Officers, First Responders at Mass

Bishop Robert Brennan told NYPD members at Mass, “we are praying, asking St. Michael the Archangel to watch over and protect you.” (Photo: Jeffrey Bruno)

By William Schmitt

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Members of the New York Police Department, including Commissioner Dermot Shea, were among the first to welcome Bishop-designate Robert Brennan to Brooklyn and Queens on Sept.  29. They did so at a Mass to bless police officers and honor their patron, Saint Michael.


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