What you say we begin the evening with Something Special . Lets go to st. Patricks cathedral for our national anthem. Oh say can you see by the dawnt early light hailed proudly we at the twilights last gleaming brightroad stripes and stars terrible fight oer the ramparts we watched streamingllantly glaree rockets red the bombs bursting in air nightroof through the thereur flag was still starspangledat banner still wave . The freeland of brave ome of the welcome again. Your company and your interest in your support. Let us pray. Father, theof the sun, the holy spirit, amen. We stand before you as one nation under god. We profess in god we trust, admitting that at times, we we have confidence in passing features of this life rather than you alone. Never do we betray the faith of our fathers. Asking your blessing upon our country, our two president ial candidates here this evening, upon those who lead, defend, heal, and protect us. And on this foundation, an. Nstrument in compassion espec
Good evening and welcome to smithnual alfred e. Dinner, Virtual Event this year. I am the cardinal archbishop of new york. I am talking to you what has been the home of the archbishops of new york for 170 years. Given this difficult moment we are living through with the pandemic, many of you are in your homes as well. Regrettably, we are not able to gather as we normally do for our formal dinner to raise funds for the most vulnerable numbers of our beloved community, our children and their families. We do have a wonderful evening planned. Daise we do not have a to introduce, lets go next door to st. Patricks cathedral where as is tradition, our national anthem. Anthem. Oh say can you see by the dawnt early light hailed proudly we at the twilights last gleaming brightroad stripes and stars terrible fight oer the ramparts we watched streamingllantly glaree rockets red the bombs bursting in air nightroof through the thereur flag was still starspangledat banner still wave . The freeland of