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- 2023 Red Mass
  
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  The 7th annual Red Mass and Dinner will be held the evening of Monday, October 9, 2023, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Lafayette.
  
  Bishop Timothy L. Doherty will celebrate Mass at 5:30p; a reception, dinner, and presentation by Indiana Supreme Court Justice Derek Molter will follow.
  
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- About Our Speaker
  
  Derek R. Molter was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by Governor Eric Holcomb on June 10, 2022, and was sworn in on September 1. He was previously appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Eric Holcomb and began his service on October 1, 2021. He is originally from Newton County.
  
  Justice Molter received his B.A., with High Distinction, from Indiana University in 2004. While at I.U. he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was active in student government. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2007. While in law school, he was the Executive Notes & Comments Editor for the Indiana Law Journal and a member of the Order of the Coif.
  
  Before joining the Court of Appeals, Justice Molter was a partner in the Litigation Practice Group at Ice Miller in Indianapolis. He led the appellate practice and handled appeals in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He was a member of the National Center for State Courts Lawyers Committee, the Council for Appellate Lawyers, the Indiana State Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section Council, the Indianapolis Bar Association, and he served a term as the Newton County Bar Association president. He also represented pro bono clients defending criminal charges and pursuing discrimination, civil rights, employment, and housing claims.
  
  Prior to joining Ice Miller, he was an attorney in Washington, D.C., at Arnold & Porter LLP. He was also a law clerk for the Honorable Theresa Springmann with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, and during law school, he worked as a legal intern for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary.
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- History of the Red Mass
  
  The tradition of the Red Mass was begun by Pope Innocent IV in 1243 for the Ecclesial Judical Court asking the invocation of the Holy Spirit as a source of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude and strength for the coming term of the court.
  
  The word "red" was originally used to describe the Mass in 1310, because the justices of the English Supreme Court wore scarlet robes. Over time the "Red" Mass came to have a deeper theological meaning, with red symbolizing the tongues of fire that descended upon the Apostles at Pentecost and the martyrdom of saints such as Thomas More (patron saint of lawyers) and John Cardinal Fisher.
  
  In the United States the first Red Mass was celebrated in New York City on October 6, 1928, at Old St. Andrew's Church with Patrick Cardinal Hayes. Today many dioceses throughout the United States celebrate a Red Mass each year, not only with fellow Catholics in the legal community, but with persons of all faith traditions in attendance.
- Past Red Mass Speakers
  
  2022 - Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki
  
  2021 - Deacon Marc R. Kellams
  
  2019 - United States District Judge James Patrick Hanlon
  
  2018 - United States District Court Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson
  
  2017 - Indiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Mark S. Massa
  
  2016 - Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush