Past Red Mass Speakers

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has had many distinguished speakers over the years among whom are:

• Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court of the United States

• Justice Antonin Scalia from the Supreme Court of the United States

• Justice Samuel Alito from the Supreme Court of the United States

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott

• Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson from the Texas Supreme Court

• Justice Raul Gonzalez from the Texas Supreme Court

• Chief Judge Carolyn King from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Judge Emilio Garza from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Other speakers on the list include academics like:

• Robbie George from Princeton

• Nicole Garnett from Notre Dame

A number of church leaders, including:

• Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

• Father Bryan Hehir, former Dean of Harvard Divinity School and the former President of Catholic Charities USA

• Cardinal Bernardin from Chicago

• Cardinal O’Connor from New York

• Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Fiorenza

• Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, the current Archbishop of Galveston-Houston