The founders of the society were Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, Judge Matthew Francis McGuire of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and attorney William E.
[1] Part of the John Carroll Society's mission is the financial and professional support of the Archdiocese Legal Network and Medical Network, which provides free legal and medical services to the indigent of the Greater Washington, DC area.
Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola served as a president and is the chair of the Social Action Committee, which is active in assisting homeless and transitional families in the District of Columbia.
Other prominent members include the current president of Georgetown University, and many partners of the private bar with most major large Washington, D.C. law firms.
This is celebrated on the Sunday before the first Monday in October, prior to the opening of the Supreme Court's judicial year.