A CALL TO PRAY FOR LAWMAKERS

 

                                                                            

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 2, 2000
Contact:  Lauran C. Stroffolino
(850) 222-3803
Lstroff@flacathconf.org

Tallahassee, FL -- The Governor, Cabinet, the Legislature, State Justices, Judges, Attorneys, Law School Faculty and Students are invited to attend the XXV Annual Red Mass, the Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, to be celebrated at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More on Tennessee Street near the Florida State University campus on March 6, 2000 at 6:00 p.m.

     This seven-hundred year old custom dates back to England and France during the 12th and 13th century when law-makers at all levels of the Judiciary joined in common prayer at the beginning of the legislative session to pray for Divine Guidance on decisions affecting legislation during the session.

     At this time in Florida's history with so much at stake effecting human life and human dignity, it seems appropriate to devote some special time to pray for Divine Guidance.

     Reverend J. Bryan Hehir, Professor of the Practice in Religion and Society and Dean of the Harvard Divinity School, will deliver the homily on The Consistent Ethic of Life:  Challenges and Questions.

     A Reception will follow the service.  All are invited.