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Father Robert Marshall (front) leads the opening procession to begin the Red Mass held at St. Peter Church Sept. 23. Bishop J. Terry Steib, S.V.D. celebrated Mass for all those in the legal profession beginning the judicial year.

Annual Red Mass invokes God's blessings, guidance of the Holy Spirit

The 16th annual Red Mass was held at St. Peter Church in downtown Memphis on Sept. 23. The Mass is traditionally held for those in the legal profession, judges, lawyers and officials of all faiths at the commencement of the judicial year. The Mass is sponsored by the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyer's Guild of West Tennessee, Inc. and the Diocesan Department of Development and Communications.

The Liturgy was celebrated by Bishop J. Terry Steib, S.V.D. and concelebrated by priests of the Diocese of Memphis. Father Robert Marshall was Master of Ceremonies.

The tradition of the Red Mass can be traced back many centuries in Rome, Paris, and London. The ceremony has also officially opened the judicial year of the Sacred Roman Rota, the tribunal of the Holy See. In the United States, the tradition began in 1928 and continues in several states to this day.