The John Carroll Society

The John Carroll Society partners with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. to serve hot meals to homeless men and women through the dinner van program.

Members of the John Carroll Society volunteer certain evenings to serve food and beverages to about two hundred of the hungry in downtown D.C. outside of Catholic Charities.

Join us on Wednesday, September 22nd for the annual Top of the Town event at 6:30 pm.

Our speaker this year is Fr. Robert Boxie, Howard University Chaplain

The event is free but registration is required.

The Red Mass is celebrated annually at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, traditionally on the Sunday before the first Monday in October, which marks the opening of the Supreme Court's annual term. Its purpose is to invoke God's blessings on those responsible for the administration of justice as well as on all public officials.

His Eminence Wilton Cardinal Gregory
Archbishop of Washington
Principal Celebrant

Most Rev. Gabriele Caccia
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
Homilist

To learn more about the history of the Red Mass, please click here.

Music begins at 9:45 a.m.

Mass begins at 10:00 a.m.

We will honor several individuals and law firms for the pro bono support of the Catholic Charities Legal Network immediately following the Mass at a brunch at the Capital Hilton.