Bishop David Zubik held a Holy Thursday mass at the Allegheny County Jail as he has in years past. In a ritual initiated by Jesus Christ shortly before his arrest as told in The Holy Bible, Bishop Zubik washed the inmates feet. The Bishop dried the inmates feet. The Bishop kissed the inmates feet.

“It was awesome, it will be a mass I ain’t ever going to forget,” said inmate Vernon Belinsky, 53. “Just the feeling of love in the air, togetherness. This don’t happen. This don’t happen in jail.”

“It really meant a lot to me, I couldn’t help but crying,” said inmate Phillip Grayson, 49.

Holy Thursday is the night of the Last Supper, when Jesus instituted Communion.

“It was life changing,” said inmate Al Majkowski, 59.
“I’ve been to a million masses in my life and it’s amazing to have the most memorable one in jail.”