73rd Annual Red Mass - Monday, October 6, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. at the St. Louis Cathedral

The Catholic Bishops of Louisiana and the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association invite all members of the Bench and Bar to the 73rd Annual Red Mass for Monday, October 6, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana. The purpose of the gathering is to mark the opening of the judicial year and to seek a divine blessing of God’s Holy Spirit upon our Courts and its legal proceedings. Archbishop Gregory Aymond will be the principal celebrant. The homilist is Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ. A reception will follow at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, preceding the annual memorial service in the Supreme Court commemorating all members of the Bench and Bar who died last year. All members of the Bench and Bar, their families and friends are cordially invited to attend.

We will celebrate the annual Red Mass at the St. Louis Cathedral, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 9:30. A reception will follow at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans St., New Orleans, LA. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond. Guest homilist will be Bishop Robert W. Marshall, Jr. All members of the Bench and Bar of all Faiths are invited to attend.

We will celebrate the St. Thomas More Feast Day Mass on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at St. Philip Neri Church, 6500 Kawanee Ave., Metairie, LA 70003. Msgr. Harry Bugler (Father Harry) will preside over the service. Reception to follow in the Parishioner’s Center.

The St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyer’s Association is happy to announce a prayer breakfast on Monday, February 21, 2022, at Parlon’s Café at 1001 Metairie Road, Metairie, LA 70005. The Guest Speaker will be Deacon Martin O. Gutierrez, the Chief Operating Officer of Catholic Charities at the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Cost is $20.00 per person. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to twhittle@derbeslaw.com.

The Annual Meeting of the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association will be held at the parish hall for St. Francis Xavier Church, 444 Metairie, LA 70005 at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 13, 2021. Refreshments will be provided.

The 2021 Red Mass opening the Louisiana courts will take place on Monday, October 4, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond. Guest Homilist will be Bishop Robert Barron, Auxilary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. All members of the bench and bar of all faiths are invited to attend. A reception at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans St., New Orleans.

The Red Mass will be held at St. Louis Cathedral on Monday, October 4, 2021 at St. Louis Cathedral with a reception to follow at the Bourbon Orleans. Please remember the City of New Orleans covid rules:

As you have heard, effective August 16th New Orleans is now requiring all individuals eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to have either (a) one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine or (2) evidence of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken no more than 72 hours prior to entering any of the following establishments:

 -          Indoor dining and drinking (including restaurants, bars, breweries)

-          Indoor fitness (gyms, indoor group fitness centers or individual fitness centers)

-          Indoor entertainment or performance (including casinos)

Acceptable evidence of a COVID-19 vaccination includes:

-          LA Wallet App’s SMART Health Card

-          An original, digital photograph, or photocopy of CDC Vaccination Card (both sides)

-          An official vaccine record issued by another state, a foreign nation or the WHO.

 More information can be found here. 

https://ready.nola.gov/incident/coronavirus/safe-reopening/?utm_source=NOLAReady&utm_medium=banner

St. Thomas More Feast Day Mass, followed by refreshments. Barry Grodsky will present a 1 hour CLE on the Code of Professionalism (Credit Applied For). The CLE is free to all members. Mass will be located at St. Francis Xavier Church, 448 Metairie Road, Metairie, Louisiana.

Join us for the Lenten Mass. It will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, February 22, 2021 at St. Francis Xavier Church, 444 Metairie Rd, Metairie, LA 70005. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

       NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE

ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC LAWYERS ASSOCIATION:

It is with pleasure that I invite you to the Annual Meeting of the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association to be held on December 10, 2020, at 5:30 PM at the St. Francis Xavier Parish Hall, 444 Metairie Road Metairie, Louisiana 70005.   

 In light of the pandemic, we will also allow participation in a Zoom meeting at the following link:

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85145900140?pwd=bWFWUC9qU1YxcFBwRDI1d3V0MGU3dz09

Meeting ID: 851 4590 0140 Passcode: 5RR1u1

 Elections for Officers and Expiring Board Members will take place at the meeting and input from the membership as to events for 2021 will be discussed as well as any other business which may be properly raised.

                                                Best regards,

                                                  F. Evans Schmidt

                                                 STM President

The annual Red Mass to open the courts will be held at St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans on the first Monday in October. October 7, 2019. A reception will follow at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel.

The Feast Day Mass for St Thomas More will be celebrated WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th in the Chapel of Notre Dame Seminary.  We will also, as we have for the last several years, have a free CLE program and social immediately following the Mass.

Hummus and More

3363 Severn Avenue Metairie, LA 70002

$15.00 in advance $20.00 at the door

Guest Speaker: Deacon Biaggio Giovanni

After the success of last year’s Veteran’s Day Fellowship Breakfast, we are hoping to make it an annual event. This year it is scheduled on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Bravo Restaurant in Metairie beginning at  7:30 AM.  The program will be over by 8:45 AM, but members are welcome to stay later to visit and network with other members.   

The annual Red Mass will be held on Monday, October 1, 2018, at 9:30 AM at St. Louis Cathedral, with a reception afterward at a place yet to be determined.  Fr. Paul Scalia, son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, will be the homilist.  Father Scalia grew up in the Diocese of Arlington and attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.  He then studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.  Since his ordination in 1996 he has served as parochial vicar at several parishes and as pastor of Saint John the Beloved in McLean.  He currently serves as the Episcopal Vicar for Clergy.  He has written for various publications and is a frequent speaker on matters of faith and doctrine.  Father Scalia's first book, That Nothing May Be Lost: Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion, was published by Ignatius Press in 2017.

The St. Thomas More Feast Day Mass will be on Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:30 PM in the chapel of Notre Dame Seminary, 2901 S. Carrollton Ave, New Orleans.  The Mass will be followed by a reception, short annual meeting, and CLE presentation.  The 2018 Evangeline Award will also be presented. 

Our next St. Thomas More Board Meeting will be on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 6:00 PM in the conference room at Notre Dame Seminary.  Members are always welcome at Board meetings. 

Bravo Cucina Italiana, 3413 Veterans Blvd. Metairie, LA  70002

Speaker will be Fr. Fred Krammer, S. J. 

Cost is $15.00 in advance to St. Thomas More, attn: Edwin Fleischmann, 200 Sierra Court, Metairie, La. 70001; $20.00 at the door.

St. Louis Cathedral

Reception at Tableau, 616 St. Peter Street (Directions), follows Mass.

Notre Dame Seminary, 2901 Carrolton Ave., New Orleans, LA  70118