BRIDGEMEN MEMORIAL MASS
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST, THE BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HELD A MEMORIAL MASS AT SAINT ANDREWS CHURCH TO HONOR MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT HAVE PASSED. THE 7PM MASS WAS ATTENDED BY ALMOST 200 CURRENT & FORMER BRIDGEMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE MASS WAS PERFORMED BY REV. MSGR. FATHER PAUL D. SCHETELICK V.F. WHO WAS PLEASED WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL MASS. FATHER PAUL SAID THIS WILL BE AN ANNUAL EVENT AND THAT THE BRIDGEMEN WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME AT SAINT ANDREWS. THERE WERE READINGS DURING THE MASS BY THE NEWLY ELECTED BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI PRESIDENT DOUG KUENZLE AND BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI MEMBER LENNY KOPACZ. EACH ATTENDEE RECEIVED A MEMORIAL LIST WITH 108 NAMES OF DECEASED BRIDGEMEN AND STAFF.
A SMALL GROUP OF 20 BRIDGEMEN PERFORMED FROM THE CHOIR LOFT, CONDUCTED BY DRUM MAJOR JAMES JORDAN WITH THE ARRANGEMENT HELP OF GABE GUILINO. THE SONGS PERFORMED BY THE BRIDGEMEN DURING MASS WERE “TO THE LAST WHALE”, “DANNY BOY”, AND “AMAZING GRACE”.
MASS ATTENDEES WERE ENCOURAGED TO NOT LEAVE DIRECTLY AFTER THE MASS, BUT TO STAY A BIT TO SHARE THE MOMENT OF THIS FIRST TIME EVENT.
AFTERWARDS, THE BRIDGEMEN GATHERED AT THE VENICE TO CONTINUE THE SOCIAL PORTION OF THE FIRST ANNUAL EVENT. THE NEXT DAY, SUNDAY, THE BRIDGEMEN MADE THEIR FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR AMID CHEERS AND APPLAUSE, AT THE BAYONNE SAINT PATRICKS DAY PARADE FOLLOWED BY A CORNED BEEF DINNER AT THE JOYCE HERBERT VFW POST 226, HOME OF THE BRIDGEMEN.
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST, THE BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HELD A MEMORIAL MASS AT SAINT ANDREWS CHURCH TO HONOR MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT HAVE PASSED. THE 7PM MASS WAS ATTENDED BY ALMOST 200 CURRENT & FORMER BRIDGEMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE MASS WAS PERFORMED BY REV. MSGR. FATHER PAUL D. SCHETELICK V.F. WHO WAS PLEASED WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL MASS. FATHER PAUL SAID THIS WILL BE AN ANNUAL EVENT AND THAT THE BRIDGEMEN WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME AT SAINT ANDREWS. THERE WERE READINGS DURING THE MASS BY THE NEWLY ELECTED BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI PRESIDENT DOUG KUENZLE AND BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI MEMBER LENNY KOPACZ. EACH ATTENDEE RECEIVED A MEMORIAL LIST WITH 108 NAMES OF DECEASED BRIDGEMEN AND STAFF.
A SMALL GROUP OF 20 BRIDGEMEN PERFORMED FROM THE CHOIR LOFT, CONDUCTED BY DRUM MAJOR JAMES JORDAN WITH THE ARRANGEMENT HELP OF GABE GUILINO. THE SONGS PERFORMED BY THE BRIDGEMEN DURING MASS WERE “TO THE LAST WHALE”, “DANNY BOY”, AND “AMAZING GRACE”.
MASS ATTENDEES WERE ENCOURAGED TO NOT LEAVE DIRECTLY AFTER THE MASS, BUT TO STAY A BIT TO SHARE THE MOMENT OF THIS FIRST TIME EVENT.
AFTERWARDS, THE BRIDGEMEN GATHERED AT THE VENICE TO CONTINUE THE SOCIAL PORTION OF THE FIRST ANNUAL EVENT. THE NEXT DAY, SUNDAY, THE BRIDGEMEN MADE THEIR FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR AMID CHEERS AND APPLAUSE, AT THE BAYONNE SAINT PATRICKS DAY PARADE FOLLOWED BY A CORNED BEEF DINNER AT THE JOYCE HERBERT VFW POST 226, HOME OF THE BRIDGEMEN.
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