Remembering 9/11: 25 Years
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2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. St. John’s University commemorates that day through solemn gestures and events, as we remember the nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost that day, including 75 members of the St. John’s family, and the scores of heroic first responders and members of the University community who have perished since.
Schedule of Events
Paint and Reflect
Date: September 10, 2026
Time: 6 p.m.–8 p.m.
Location: St. Thomas More Church
Candlelight Prayer Service
Date: September 10, 2026
Time: 8 p.m.–9 p.m.
Location: St. Thomas More Church
Remembrance Masses
Date: September 11, 2026
Times: 8 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
Location: St. Thomas More Church
Service Opportunity: One Nation. United for Good.
Date: September 11, 2026
Time: 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
Participate with St. John's and the 9/11 Day organization at Citi Field to honor those lost and affected by 9/11 through meaningful acts of service, in observance of the National Day of Service and Remembrance. Registration required.
Sigma Pi Tunnel to Towers 9-11-01 Remembrance Event
Date: September 11, 2026
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: In front of Lourdes Hall by the water fountain
Remembrance Walking Tour
Date: September 11, 2026
Time: 1 p.m.–2 p.m.
Location: St. John's University, Queens Campus
As we honor the anniversary of the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, join us for a guided tour of three 9/11 memorials located on campus. Learn more and register here.
9-11 Memorial Display
Date: Friday, September 11, 2026
Time: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Location: D'Angelo Center Foyer
On Friday, September 11, 2026, church bells will toll at 8:46, 9:03, 9:37, and 10:03 a.m., commemorating the moments of impact in New York, NY; Washington, DC; and Shanksville, PA.
Additional Features
Throughout the year, you are also invited to submit names of those who have been called home to the Lord to our Virtual Book of Remembrance.
Lord of Mercy, Prince of Peace,
This date, 9-11, carries a heavy burden of memory.
This day does not pass in the calendar without our remembering. We remember images of death and destruction. Images that human eyes were never meant to see. We remember words our ears were never meant to hear, the tender last words of husbands and wives who would never embrace again. We imagine the feeling of emptiness in the arms of children who at the end of the day could not find mom or dad for their welcome home hug. We remember our own feelings of emptiness as our sense of security, as our own confidence in the predictable order of life and work was radically shaken.
This date, 9-11, carries a heavy burden of memory.
We remember the heroism of the many that lost their lives in saving others. We remember all those who suffered and died; we grieve for them still, friends and strangers alike, along with their families and friends.
This date, 9-11, carries a heavy burden of memory.
And it is right that it should not pass from our memory. But today, and in this prayer, along with our remembrance of profound loss, it also seems right that we give voice to our deep longing for peace, and with this prayer, commit ourselves to those actions that will draw us closer to our most ancient and most holy desire, peace among all God’s children.
Dona nobis pacem. Lord, grant us peace. Amen.
Source:Archdiocese of New York
Alumni Magazine
In the Winter 2001 Alumni Magazine, St. John’s honored those who fell in the attacks and the heroes who helped.