Police officers from throughout central New Jersey gather at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi for the Diocese of Metuchen’s Blue Mass.  The annual Mass pays tribute to active and retired officers as well as those killed in the line of duty.

Deacon candidates prostrate themselves before the alter while being ordained by The Most Reverend Paul G. Bootkoski, Bishop of Metuchen, center, Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Sacred Heart Church in South Plainfield. The diaconate class of 29 deacons was the largest in the history of the Diocese of Metuchen.