September 11, 2021

The observance of 9/11 is an opportunity for most of us to recollect, reflect and to pray. We continue to remember the lives lost and accompany with our prayers and charity those who lost family or friends on that terrible day.   Living in Washington at that time, the attacks were only the first of events that had an impact upon me and so many others in Washington over the next year. Like so many I remember in detail what wasexperienced and how I felt as the tragedy unfolded.   I was a couple of months into my assignment as director of the Archdiocese of Washington’s Office of Youth Ministry and Catholic Youth Organization. The morning of Sept. 11 was…