STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The 59th annual Memorial Mass and ceremony for Servant of God/Medal of Honor recipient Navy Chaplain Father Vincent R. Capodanno, will be offered Sunday, Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. at the Father Capodanno Memorial Chapel at Fort Wadsworth.
The Mass will be offered by Bishop Peter Byrne, episcopal vicar of Staten Island and pastor of Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church in West Brighton.
After the Mass. a memorial ceremony will be held outside near his statue by the Staten Island Detachment 1 Marine Corps League Honor Guard, Rifle Squad and Bugler. Refreshments will be served.
The Mass is open to the public.
A reading of Father Capodanno’s Congressional Medal of Honor citation will be followed by a rifle volley and the playing of Taps…