St. Thomas More Society Fort Worth
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Holy Hour - June 7, 2023
Join us for adoration
Wednesday, June 7th
6:30 - 7:30 am
at
St. Patrick Cathedral
1206 Throckmorton St.
Fort Worth
Join other STMS members for adoration once a month. Optional breakfast nearby to follow. Feel free to bring your rosary, Bible, other spiritual reading, etc. We will sit on the right side of the church and meet afterward in front of the rectory (red brick building next door). Free parking is available in the Cathedral's lots to the south on Jennings and Texas streets. Metered street parking is free until 8 am ($1.50/hour thereafter). More information on parking, including a map of the free lots, is available here: https://www.stpatrickcathedral.org/home/join-us-for-mass.
Weekday Mass - June 21, 2023
Join us for Mass
Wednesday, June 21st
12:05 pm
at
St. Patrick Cathedral
1206 Throckmorton St.
Fort Worth
Join other STMS members at Mass once a month. Optional lunch nearby to follow. We will sit on the right side of the church and meet after Mass in front of the rectory (red brick building next door). Free parking is available in the Cathedral's lots to the south on Jennings and Texas streets. Metered street parking is $1.50/hour. More information on parking, including a map of the free lots, is available here: https://www.stpatrickcathedral.org/home/join-us-for-mass
Holy Hour - July 13, 2023
Join us for adoration
Thursday, July 13th
5:00 - 6:00 pm
at
Holy Family Catholic Church
(in the chapel)
6150 Pershing Ave.
Fort Worth
Join other STMS members for adoration once a month. Optional dinner nearby to follow. Feel free to bring your rosary, Bible, other spiritual reading, etc. We will sit on the right side of the church and meet afterward in front of the rectory (red brick building next door). Free parking is available in the Cathedral's lots to the south on Jennings and Texas streets. Metered street parking is free until 8 am ($1.50/hour thereafter). More information on parking, including a map of the free lots, is available here: https://www.stpatrickcathedral.org/home/join-us-for-mass.
Weekday Mass - July 27, 2023
Join us for Mass
Thursday, July 27th
12:05 pm
at
St. Patrick Cathedral
1206 Throckmorton St.
Fort Worth
Join other STMS members at Mass once a month. Optional lunch nearby to follow. We will sit on the right side of the church and meet after Mass in front of the rectory (red brick building next door). Free parking is available in the Cathedral's lots to the south on Jennings and Texas streets. Metered street parking is $1.50/hour. More information on parking, including a map of the free lots, is available here: https://www.stpatrickcathedral.org/home/join-us-for-mass
Red Mass - September 28, 2023
All attorneys, judges, public officials, law students, and their families and staffs are cordially invited to the annual Red Mass with the Most Reverend Michael F. Olson, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth.
Thursday, September 28
St. Patrick Cathedral
1206 Throckmorton St.
Fort Worth
Dinner to follow at the Fort Worth Club featuring Notre Dame Law Professor Nicole S. Garnett as the keynote speaker.
The Red Mass is an ancient tradition of the Church and Bar and is offered to invoke divine guidance and strength through the coming year. Read more about the history of the Red Mass.
Save the Date
2023 Catholic Bar Association Conference - October 26-28
This year's conference will be held at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School. Details on the CBA's website (catholicbar.org) as they become available.
Past Events
Weekday Mass - May 24, 2023
Join us for Mass
Wednesday, May 24th
12:05 pm
at
St. Patrick Cathedral
1206 Throckmorton St.
Fort Worth
Join other STMS members at Mass once a month with optional lunch nearby to follow. We will sit on the right side of the church and meet after Mass in front of the rectory (red brick building next door). Free parking is available in the Cathedral's lots to the south on Jennings and Texas streets. Metered street parking is $1.50/hour. More information on parking, including a map of the free lots, is available here: https://www.stpatrickcathedral.org/home/join-us-for-mass. Click here to add this event to your calendar.
Members Happy Hour - May 4, 2023
Join us for street tacos and margaritas!
Thursday, May 4th
5:30-7:30 pm
at
Blue Mesa Grill
612 Carroll Street
Fort Worth
Spouses and significant others are welcome. The event is complimentary for members and $30 for guests. Food and your first margarita are included; cash bar thereafter. RSVP to info@stmsfw.org by April 26th. Register guests here.
Co-sponsored by:
The Death Penalty: Policy and Ethical Considerations - April 11, 2023
Deputy Chief Allenna Bangs from the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office and Fr. Samuel J. Maul, parochial vicar at St. John the Apostle in North Richland Hills and chaplain to the St. Thomas More Society Fort Worth, will discuss Texas and federal law regarding capital punishment, the policy and ethical considerations of imposing the death penalty, and natural law arguments for and against the death penalty.
1 hour ethics CLE
Noon on Tuesday, April 11
Reata Restaurant
310 Houston St.
Fort Worth
Downstairs in The 35th Room
Lunch is $20 plus tax/tip paid directly to Reata at the event. CLE credit is $30 for nonmembers and complimentary for our members and residents of the Dallas Diocese who are members of the St. Thomas More Society of Dallas. Secure online payment is available, and attendees who wish to pay via check/cash for membership or CLE may bring payment to the event. Not a member? Join today!
This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1 credit hour, of which 1 credit hour will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.
The Legal Enforcement of Morality - March 7, 2023
Fr. Samuel J. Maul will discuss the historical debate between Oxford professor H. L. A. Hart, a staunch legal positivist, and British jurist Lord Patrick Devlin regarding the appropriateness of laws concerning homosexuality and prostitution, contrasting this with the Natural Law perspective set forth by St. Thomas Aquinas and Prof. Robert P. George.
1 hr ethics CLE
Registration required for CLE credit
Noon on Tuesday, March 7
Reata Restaurant
310 Houston St.
Fort Worth
[registration closed]
Lunch is $25 including tax/tip (paid directly to Reata). CLE credit is $30 for nonmembers and complimentary for our members and residents of the Dallas Diocese who are members of the St. Thomas More Society of Dallas. Not a member? Join today! Attendees who wish to pay via check for membership or CLE may bring a check to the event.
This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1 credit hour, of which 1 credit hour will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.
Thomas More on Ethics, Law, and Liberty - October 27, 2022
Dr. Gerard Wegemer, renowned Thomas More scholar and professor at the University of Dallas, will share with us More’s understanding on the relationship between liberty, ethics, and the law. This will be STMS FW's inaugural event. Lunch is $20 plus tax/tip.
Noon on Thursday, October 27 at Reata (310 Houston St.)
1 hr ethics CLE | RSVP below
[RSVP closed]
Catholic Bar Association Conference - October 13-15, 2022
Catholic Lawyers: Upholding the Rule of Law
Sponsored by the Catholic Bar Association and the St. Thomas More Society of Dallas
The 2022 General Assembly and Annual Conference will be held at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas beginning with a reception Thursday evening, followed by CLE sessions all day Friday and Saturday. For more information or to register for the conference, visit the conference website.
Red Mass - September 29, 2022
The Red Mass Committee of Fort Worth, Texas cordially invites all attorneys, judges, public officials, law students, and their families and staffs to attend the Red Mass on
Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.
at Saint Patrick Cathedral
1206 Throckmorton Street
in downtown Fort Worth
Go to fortworthredmass.org for more information
and to RSVP for the reception.