Ateneo Law School honors Treñas
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has been named as one of the honorees of the Ateneo Law School (ALS) Red Mass which will be celebrated Friday, July 6th, at the Ateneo Professional Schools Chapel in Rockwell Center at Makati City.
In an invitation to Treñas, ALS Dean Cesar Villanueva said that the celebration of the Mass of the Holy Spirit for the Judicial and Legal Profession or "The Red Mass" will be followed by a testimonial dinner honoring Ateneans who are in public service.
"The Red Mass" is a legal and judicial tradition which started in the thirteenth century in Europe. The celebration is meant to implore God, the Holy Ghost and the third person of the Trinity to grant enlightenment and inspiration to lawyers doing their pleadings and to judges that they may dispense their duties well.
The tradition was so named because of the color of the vestments of the priest in celebrating this core ritual of the Church.
Treñas said he is looking forward to the event where he can have an opportunity to meet his ALS schoolmates who are now into public service.
"These events are likewise fertile grounds to meet individuals or groups who may be interested in what we are doing for the city and whom we may tap for future partnerships in projects that will be beneficial to Ilonggos," Treñas stated.
The program for the honorees will begin with welcome remarks from law dean emeritus Rev. Joaquin Bernas, S.J.; an introduction of the honorees by Villanueva; a message from the Ateneo de Manila University president Rev. Bienvenido Nebres, S. J., and closing remarks from associate dean Sedfrey Candelaria.
(PIO)