Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church made Duffy Park its sanctuary Sunday as hundreds worshiped in the park. The Mass commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In the shocking aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, one of the only thing many Americans could do was pray. Even people with hardly any religious beliefs took hands and heart to prayer. Tragedy seems to bring people to that. Ten years later, millions of Americans across the nation joined together again to commemorate fallen heroes and victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. One prayer community in Evergreen Park brought prayer outdoors to Duffy Park. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church has made it a tradition to hold an outdoor Mass in the park before its youth football team takes to the field for the opening game of the season. Since the morning also happened to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11, before taking to the gridiron, the…
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Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church made Duffy Park its sanctuary Sunday as hundreds worshiped in the park. The Mass commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
As people all over the world commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Evergreen Park residents honored those affected locally by turning Duffy Park into a sanctuary before the first youth football game of the season. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church has made it a tradition to hold an outdoor Mass in the park before its youth football team takes to the field for the opening game of the season. Before taking to the gridiron, the football team and cheerleaders prayed alongside members of their church and other Evergreen Park residents. With sunny skies and a light breeze tempering the moderate temperatures, the weather cooperated. Read our story about Most Holy Redeemer's 9/11 anniversary Mass in Duffy Park.
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It’s safe to say that in every generation there is usually an event or a series of events that forever change and shape our lives as a nation. Often times these incidents leave us stunned and left to ask the question “Where were you?” For some it was listening to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his I Have A Dream speech. For others it may have been witnessing the untimely death and assassination of President John F. Kennedy on television. And for a number of people more recently, it might have been the bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. These events ultimately united the nation during a time of triumph, grief and civil unrest, and the events that took place on Sept. 11 are no different. That day forever …
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Days after 9-11, a patriotism rally in Oak Lawn turned ugly and an anti-Arab mob marched through the streets toward the Bridgeview mosque. Almost a full 10 years later, as the president announced that the mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks had been shot to death by U.S. Navy Seals, a celebratory crowd gathered outside the White House. As word spread, fireworks could be heard at homes around the south suburbs. Meanwhile, the folks at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview found reason to be relieved, even reason to hope. "After 10 years of sadness, fear and uncertainty, we have been under extreme pressure," said Oussama Jammal, vice president of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, explaining the feelings that have pervaded the American Muslim…
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9:11 am on Sunday, May 8, 2011
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