For, if in God’s grace we are to create the just, peaceful and compassionate society that Dr. In preparation for that celebration and long afterward, however, we urgently need to retrieve, understand, embrace and put into practice his teaching and legacy. We are planning to gather on April 12, 2018, with our interfaith and ecumenical brothers and sisters to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s teaching is both timely and important for our family of faith, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and indeed for our whole society. King’s wisdom is more necessary than ever in our violent and fragmented society. King’s assassination on April 4 and second is the sense, shared by many, that Dr. In 2018, these gatherings take on special relevance for two reasons: first is the approach of the 50th anniversary of Dr. ![]() In many towns and cities, including Baltimore, there are prayer services, parades, demonstrations, prayer walks, lectures, days of service and discussions. King and his teaching.Īs I write these reflections, our nation is celebrating Rev. Now it is time for all of us to reconnect with Dr. King responded to injustice – not in anger or with violence – but with a peace and love that resists and overcomes injustice. It was an eye-opening experience for these young people to learn how Dr. King and his legacy: his preaching, his witness to truth and justice, and his Principles of Nonviolent Direct Action. There these young people connected with Dr. Their tour also brought them to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where the Rev. Among the stops was the Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, North Carolina, where, in 1960, a lunch counter sit-in took place that raised national sentiment against the evil of segregation. Sister Gwynette Proctor, S.N.D., and Howard Roberts, representing our Office of Black Catholic Ministries for the Archdiocese, thoughtfully arranged a bus tour that brought the young people to historically pivotal places of the Civil Rights Movement. ![]() I am happy to say that a number of young people from our Archdiocese were part of the Baltimore delegation to the Congress. The Congress provided dioceses throughout the United States, including the Archdiocese of Baltimore, with a blueprint for ministering in and among black Catholic communities for years to come. They were part of an impressive gathering of black Catholic leadership seeking to strengthen evangelization in and through our nation’s African-American communities. Last summer, a large delegation of leaders from the Archdiocese of Baltimore attended the National Black Catholic Congress 1 in Orlando, Florida.
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