OCTOBER 1, 2017
65th Annual Red Mass Supreme Court Justices attend the annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC.
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Sunday, October 08, 2017
65th Annual Red Mass 2017
OCTOBER 1, 2017
65th Annual Red Mass Supreme Court Justices attend the annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC.
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
America’s Immigrant History Refreshed for SCOTUS Justices at Red Mass
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, who is vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivers the homily during the 65th annual Red Mass Oct. 1 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. The Mass traditionally marks the start of the court year, including the opening of the Supreme Court term. (Photo: Catholic News Service/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)
By Christopher White
The Tablet National Correspondent
WASHINGTON, DC. – Archbishop José H. Gomez used his homily at the 65th annual Red Mass to remind the country’s legal professionals of America’s strong tradition of welcoming immigrants and promoting religious freedom for all.
“In God’s eyes, there are no foreigners, there are no strangers,” said Archbishop Gomez. “All of us are family. When God looks at us, he sees beyond the color of our skin, or the countries where we come from, or the language that we speak. God sees only his children-sons and daughters made in his image.”
The Red Mass is celebrated each year for those working in law and government and dates back to approximately 1310 in England, following similar services in Paris.
The name of the Mass is taken from the red vestments worn by the celebrant to signify the fire of the Holy Spirit.
The Red Mass is traditionally celebrated on the Sunday before the first Monday in October, which marks the beginning of the new Supreme Court term and is held at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in the nation’s capital.
In attendance were Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice Roberts. Breyer is Jewish, while the other justices are Catholic.
Five of the nine justices on the current court are Roman Catholic.
“America’s first beginnings were not political,” said Archbishop Gomez. “America’s first beginnings were spiritual.”
“The missionaries came here first-long before the Pilgrims, long before George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Long before this country even had a name. These missionaries – together with the colonists and the statesmen who came later – they laid the spiritual and intellectual groundwork for a nation that remains unique in human history,” he said.
Archbishop Gomez hails from Monterrey, Mexico and has been archbishop of Los Angeles since 2011. He leads one of the most ethnically diverse dioceses in the country.
“The Church in Los Angeles is the largest Catholic community in the country,” said the Archbishop.
“We are a global church, an immigrant church, made up of people who come from all over the world. We have about five million Catholics in L.A. and every day, we pray and worship and we serve in more than 40 different languages,” he said.
The Archbishop recalled Pope Francis’s visit to Washington, D.C. two years ago where he canonized Junípero Serra, a Franciscan missionary to California.
“In his time, there were many in the California colonial government who denied the full humanity of the indigenous peoples living in this land,” said Archbishop Gomez. “St. Junípero became their champion. He even wrote a ‘bill of rights’ to protect them. And by the way-he wrote that bill of rights-three years before America’s Declaration of Independence.”
“Most Americans do not know this history. But Pope Francis does,” he added.
He noted that Francis’s decision to canonize Father Serra in the nation’s capital was an intentional decision to remind Americans that Serra, too, was one of the founding fathers of the United States.
Father Serra was canonized on the grounds of The Catholic University of America as part of Francis’s visit to Washington, New York, and Philadelphia in September 2015.
While the Archbishop praised America for being a place where all people have been historically welcome, he acknowledged that this is an ongoing challenge. In a nod to the current national tensions surrounding race relations, Archbishop Gomez said the country has yet to live up to its own ideals.
“From the original sins of slavery and the cruel mistreatment of native peoples, to our struggles today with racism and nativism – the American dream is still a work in progress,” he said.
In recent years Archbishop Gomez, who is the vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has become one of the leading voices on immigration in the American church hierarchy and often uses his major public addresses to make the Church’s case for welcoming immigrants.
“Let us commit ourselves to an America that cares for the young and the elderly, for the poor and the sick; an America where the hungry find bread and the homeless a place to live,” said Archbishop Gomez.
“An America that welcomes the immigrant and refugee and offers the prisoner a second chance.”
By Christopher White
The Tablet National Correspondent
WASHINGTON, DC. – Archbishop José H. Gomez used his homily at the 65th annual Red Mass to remind the country’s legal professionals of America’s strong tradition of welcoming immigrants and promoting religious freedom for all.
“In God’s eyes, there are no foreigners, there are no strangers,” said Archbishop Gomez. “All of us are family. When God looks at us, he sees beyond the color of our skin, or the countries where we come from, or the language that we speak. God sees only his children-sons and daughters made in his image.”
The Red Mass is celebrated each year for those working in law and government and dates back to approximately 1310 in England, following similar services in Paris.
The name of the Mass is taken from the red vestments worn by the celebrant to signify the fire of the Holy Spirit.
The Red Mass is traditionally celebrated on the Sunday before the first Monday in October, which marks the beginning of the new Supreme Court term and is held at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in the nation’s capital.
In attendance were Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice Roberts. Breyer is Jewish, while the other justices are Catholic.
Five of the nine justices on the current court are Roman Catholic.
“America’s first beginnings were not political,” said Archbishop Gomez. “America’s first beginnings were spiritual.”
“The missionaries came here first-long before the Pilgrims, long before George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Long before this country even had a name. These missionaries – together with the colonists and the statesmen who came later – they laid the spiritual and intellectual groundwork for a nation that remains unique in human history,” he said.
Archbishop Gomez hails from Monterrey, Mexico and has been archbishop of Los Angeles since 2011. He leads one of the most ethnically diverse dioceses in the country.
“The Church in Los Angeles is the largest Catholic community in the country,” said the Archbishop.
“We are a global church, an immigrant church, made up of people who come from all over the world. We have about five million Catholics in L.A. and every day, we pray and worship and we serve in more than 40 different languages,” he said.
The Archbishop recalled Pope Francis’s visit to Washington, D.C. two years ago where he canonized Junípero Serra, a Franciscan missionary to California.
“In his time, there were many in the California colonial government who denied the full humanity of the indigenous peoples living in this land,” said Archbishop Gomez. “St. Junípero became their champion. He even wrote a ‘bill of rights’ to protect them. And by the way-he wrote that bill of rights-three years before America’s Declaration of Independence.”
“Most Americans do not know this history. But Pope Francis does,” he added.
He noted that Francis’s decision to canonize Father Serra in the nation’s capital was an intentional decision to remind Americans that Serra, too, was one of the founding fathers of the United States.
Father Serra was canonized on the grounds of The Catholic University of America as part of Francis’s visit to Washington, New York, and Philadelphia in September 2015.
While the Archbishop praised America for being a place where all people have been historically welcome, he acknowledged that this is an ongoing challenge. In a nod to the current national tensions surrounding race relations, Archbishop Gomez said the country has yet to live up to its own ideals.
“From the original sins of slavery and the cruel mistreatment of native peoples, to our struggles today with racism and nativism – the American dream is still a work in progress,” he said.
In recent years Archbishop Gomez, who is the vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has become one of the leading voices on immigration in the American church hierarchy and often uses his major public addresses to make the Church’s case for welcoming immigrants.
“Let us commit ourselves to an America that cares for the young and the elderly, for the poor and the sick; an America where the hungry find bread and the homeless a place to live,” said Archbishop Gomez.
“An America that welcomes the immigrant and refugee and offers the prisoner a second chance.”
Sunday, October 01, 2017
America needs ‘a new sense of our common humanity,’ @ 65th annual Red Mass homilist says
Kelly Sankowski
Sunday, October 01, 2017 6:27 PM
CS PHOTOS BY JACLYN LIPPELMANN
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez delivers the homily at the 65th annual Red Mass Oct. 1 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in northwest Washington.
CS PHOTO BY JACLYN LIPPELMANN
Cardinal Donald Wuerl talks with John G. Roberts Jr., the Chief Justice of the United States and one of five members of the Supreme Court to attend the Red Mass, as they leave the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.
During the 65th annual Red Mass in the nation’s capital, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez asked the Supreme Court justices, government officials, lawyers and other members of the judiciary gathered at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington to renew a commitment to a government that “serves the human person.”
The annual Mass, which is held the Sunday before the opening of the Supreme Court’s term, invokes the Holy Spirit upon those who are responsible for the administration of justice. The Mass is sponsored by the John Carroll Society, a network that aims to enhance fellowship among Catholic leaders in the Washington area and serve the archbishop of Washington.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl was the main celebrant at the Oct. 1 Mass, and the concelebrants included Washington Auxiliary Bishops Barry Knestout, Mario Dorsonville and Roy Campbell Jr.; Archbishop Gómez; Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge; Bishop Richard Higgins, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA; and Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria.
The distinguished guests at the Mass included five members of the Supreme Court: John G. Roberts Jr., the Chief Justice of the United States; and Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, and Samuel A. Alito Jr.; and also U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco.
In his homily, Archbishop Gomez spoke about St. Junípero Serra, the newest American saint who was one of the founding missionaries of Los Angeles and was canonized by Pope Francis during the pontiff’s 2015 visit to Washington. By doing so, Archbishop Gomez said Pope Francis was making a point that “we should honor St. Junípero Serra as one of the founding fathers of the United States,” since the missionaries came here before the pilgrims and began their outreach before the nation’s first president was inaugurated.
During the 65th annual Red Mass in the nation’s capital, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez asked the Supreme Court justices, government officials, lawyers and other members of the judiciary gathered at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington to renew a commitment to a government that “serves the human person.”
The annual Mass, which is held the Sunday before the opening of the Supreme Court’s term, invokes the Holy Spirit upon those who are responsible for the administration of justice. The Mass is sponsored by the John Carroll Society, a network that aims to enhance fellowship among Catholic leaders in the Washington area and serve the archbishop of Washington.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl was the main celebrant at the Oct. 1 Mass, and the concelebrants included Washington Auxiliary Bishops Barry Knestout, Mario Dorsonville and Roy Campbell Jr.; Archbishop Gómez; Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge; Bishop Richard Higgins, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA; and Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria.
The distinguished guests at the Mass included five members of the Supreme Court: John G. Roberts Jr., the Chief Justice of the United States; and Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, and Samuel A. Alito Jr.; and also U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco.
In his homily, Archbishop Gomez spoke about St. Junípero Serra, the newest American saint who was one of the founding missionaries of Los Angeles and was canonized by Pope Francis during the pontiff’s 2015 visit to Washington. By doing so, Archbishop Gomez said Pope Francis was making a point that “we should honor St. Junípero Serra as one of the founding fathers of the United States,” since the missionaries came here before the pilgrims and began their outreach before the nation’s first president was inaugurated.
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