St. Thomas More Society of South Florida 30th Annual Red Mass, Judge Merrigan Honored
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October 10, 2019
The 30th annual Red Mass of the Broward County-based St. Thomas More Society of South Florida was held Sept. 26 at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale. Justice Barbara Lagoa, of the Florida Supreme Court, joined fellow judges from the Seventeenth Circuit and other members of the legal community for the affair, which included mass and a dinner reception. At the reception, Judge Edward Merrigan who is a Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserve, was presented with the Society’s annual Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy Award.
Congratulations Judge Merrigan!
photos courtesy Tom Tracy
Judge Edward Merrigan, left, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserve, spoke at the reception following the 30th annual Red Mass celebration of the St. Thomas More Society of South Florida at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale Sept. 26. Judge Merrigan was awarded with the Society’s annual Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy Award. Presenting the award was Chief Judge Jack Tuter of 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida.
Judge Edward Merrigan, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserve, and his wife Tamara Rimes-Merrigan attend the 30th annual Red Mass celebration of the St. Thomas More Society of South Florida at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale Sept. 26. Judge Merrigan was awarded with the Society’s annual Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy Award.
Justice Barbara Lagoa, right, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from Florida and currently a member of the Florida Supreme Court, attends the 30th annual Red Mass celebration of the St. Thomas More Society of South Florida at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale Sept. 26. Justice Lagoa is a Miami native who grew up in Hialeah, attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1989 from Florida International University.
Catholic judges, lawyers and other legal professionals take part in the 30th annual Red Mass of the Broward County-based St. Thomas More Society of South Florida, Sept. 26 at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale.
