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One of the city’s most prestigious bar groups — the Catholic Lawyers Guild Diocese of Brooklyn Chapter — will hold their Annual Award Dinner on Thursday, May 23, at Gargiulo’s Restaurant on Coney Island, according to President Sara Gozo. The gala event will climax a busy and productive year for the Guild.
The Guild was started back in the Depression Era of the 1930s as a forum for discussing the legal and social issues of the day. President Gozo said the early meetings were held in St. Joseph’s College on Clinton Hill, later at St. Francis College and since then at various locations.
One popular tradition is the Guild’s Red Mass celebrated at The Cathedral Basilica of St. James, which pays special recognition of the Kings Judiciary which invokes “Divine Providence for the coming Judicial term. Co-sponsoring the Red Mass is the Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn, currently led by President Bruno Codispoti.
President Gozo announced a slate of stellar honorees, who will be singled out May 23 including the following: Rev. Msgr. Kieran Harrington, the Thomas More Award; County Clerk Nancy Sunshine, the President’s Award; Justice Patricia Di Mango, Distinguished Judiciary Award; Hon. Lawrence Knipel , Ecumenical Award; Justice David Vaughn, Hon. William T. Bellard Award.
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