Cardinal Dolan delivers opening remarks. Behind him are, from left, Auxiliary Bishop John O’Hara, and retired Bishop Timothy McDonnell of Springfield, Mass., a former auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the archdiocese.
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Robert Crotty, guild president, is in the pew. Processing up the aisle are, from back left, Father Michael Barrett, pastor of St. Agnes, and Father Robert Brisson, parochial vicar of St. Agnes; and, from front left, Father George Rutler, pastor of St. Michael’s parish, Manhattan, and Father Brian McWeeney, archdiocesan director of ecumenical and interreligious affairs and of ethnic apostolates and lay ecclesial movements.
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A Red Mass, sponsored by the Guild of Catholic Lawyers of the Archdiocese of New York, is celebrated Feb. 13 at St. Agnes Church in Manhattan. Cardinal Dolan served as principal celebrant. The Red Mass invokes the guidance of the Holy Spirit on the deliberations of members of the courts and on the endeavors of legal and law enforcement professionals.
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A Red Mass, sponsored by the Guild of Catholic Lawyers of the Archdiocese of New York, is celebrated Feb. 13 at St. Agnes Church in Manhattan. Cardinal Dolan served as principal celebrant. The Red Mass invokes the guidance of the Holy Spirit on the deliberations of members of the courts and on the endeavors of legal and law enforcement professionals. After the liturgy, attorney John D. Murnane was honored at the Charles Carroll Award reception in St. Agnes’ auditorium.