John Carroll Society
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The John Carroll Society was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1951 as a spiritual and beneficent organization for Catholic professional laypersons in the service of the cardinal of the Archdiocese of Washington. The founders of the society were Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew F. McGuire and attorney William E. Leahy. The group was meant to mirror the Catholic Alumni Society of Boston, it is named for John Carroll, the first bishop then archbishop in the United States. The society sponsors the annual Red Mass, which is a Mass of the Holy Spirit to invoke a benediction upon the nation’s judiciary and lawgivers. This is celebrated on the Sunday before the first Monday in October, prior to the opening of the Supreme Court’s judicial year.
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- History of the Society. Retrieved on September 5, 2005.
