{"id":38378,"date":"2025-10-21T08:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=38378"},"modified":"2025-10-21T08:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:09:01","slug":"traditional-red-mass-for-lawyers-oct-25-at-500-please-rsvp-if-possible-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/traditional-red-mass-for-lawyers-oct-25-at-500-please-rsvp-if-possible-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Red Mass for Lawyers Oct. 25 at 5:00 (please RSVP if possible)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Reverend David P. Talley Sixth Bishop of Memphis Cordially Invites You to<\/p>\n<h1>The &#8216;Red :Mass<\/h1>\n<p>Saturday, October 25, 2025<\/p>\n<p>5:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 1695 Central Ave, 38104<\/p>\n<p><strong>Father Dominic Legge, O.P. <\/strong>Archdiocese of Washington Director of the Thomistic Institute and Associate Professor in Systematic Theology<\/p>\n<p>The Red Mass is historically for those associated with the legal system including judges, attorneys, legal assistants, and public officials; however, all are invited.<\/p>\n<p>During the Red Mass, Catholics reaffirm their commitment to justice and their faith. The name refers to the red vestments worn by the celebrants to signify the Holy Spirit. Participants pray for wisdom as they endeavor to seek justice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyer&#8217;s Guild of West Tennessee, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The homilist for the mass is a lawyer and a priest, Father Dominic Legge, O.P..\u00a0 Father Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Associate Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>If you plan to attend, please email Greg Krog (<a href=\"mailto:greg@kroglaw.com\">greg@kroglaw.com<\/a>) and Robert Rowling (<a href=\"mailto:robert.rowling@shelbycountytn.gov\">robert.rowling@shelbycountytn.gov<\/a>) to let them know.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Red-Mass-Invitation-printable.pdf\">Red Mass Invitation printable<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Reverend David P. Talley Sixth Bishop of Memphis Cordially Invites You to The &#8216;Red :Mass Saturday, October 25, 2025 5:00&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38381,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38378\/revisions\/38381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}