Twenty-five years later, Fr. Madigan still just wants to see the community move past polarization and come together in unity as on that horrific day.

Archbishop Ronald Hicks, Archbishop of New York, will celebrate a special Memorial Mass to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 5 p.m. in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

“As we prayerfully remember the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, I invite all Catholics to join me in prayer for the victims taken from us in acts of unjustifiable violence 25 years ago."