The honorees included Father Shawn Carey, director of the Archdiocese of Boston's Deaf Apostolate; Sister Marian Batho, CSJ, the archdiocese's Delegate of Religious; Father Jim Flavin, Episcopal Vicar of Central Region; Father William Joy, Assistant Vicar for Administration and Special Assistant to the Vicar General; Father James Dodson, Pastor of St. Michael Parish and School in Brattleboro, Vt. and the Assistant Vocations Director for the Diocese of Burlington; John Greeley, a Deputy Grand Knight in the Knights of Columbus Crozier Council #3973; Scott Sullivan, a member of the planning committee for the Young Adult group of St. Cecilia Parish in Boston; and Rose Labadini, a senior at Waltham High School and an active parishioner of Sacred Heart Parish in Waltham.

The students "were very, very excited," said the Choir School's music director John Robison, who noted that this is the second year in a row that the choir has sung the National Anthem for Catholic Night at Fenway.

"It's an honor to be able to do something like this and show people the signing we do all the time," he said.

The music ministry team at St. Anthony Shrine in Boston, a six-piece ensemble called The Arch Street Band, also performed at the park, playing three 20-minute sets of both religious and secular music before the game started.

Father Flavin, speaking to The Pilot after the event, said it was a "dream come true" to be able to walk out onto the field at Fenway Park.

He said he was thankful for the opportunity Catholic Night provided to highlight the many good works the Archdiocese of Boston does.

"We help so many folks through education, through social services, in parish life -- just to highlight that any time and help people see how much is really happening and how positive the Church is, is a great event to be a part of," he said.