Archbishop Gregory Aymond will be the celebrant Monday morning when the Catholic bishops of Louisiana and the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association gather at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans for the 71st annual Red Mass.

Louisiana lawyers and judges and their families attend the yearly Catholic religious service, which gets its name from the red robes and vestments worn by celebrants and judicial attendees.

After a reception at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, a memorial service will be held in the Supreme Court for members of the bench and bar who died in 2024.

The tradition of the Red Mass dates back many centuries, a news release from the organizers said. In the United States the tradition began in 1929 in New York and is now celebrated on the first Monday in October in Louisiana,

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