MLK Mass shines spotlight on youth as ‘future leaders’
Dorene Allman said she remembers watching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral procession on television in April 1968. She was 11 at the time. “I saw his wife, Coretta Scott … Learn More
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USCCB president: Heed MLK’s call to be ‘a drum major for justice’
Marking the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, urged Catholics to reflect on how they are called to … Learn More
MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity
The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.
From the archives: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Black Coordinating Council of the Archdiocese of Newark presented the 1986 Dr. Martin Luther King Awards to the 10 Black bishops of the United States during a Mass honoring Dr. King.
Broglio: Reflect on Rev. King’s ‘rallying cry’ to confront today’s ‘evils of racism’
‘Deeply etched in the fiber of our religious tradition is the conviction that men are made in the image of God.’
Students recite their favorite MLK speeches at oratory competition
Students from Notre Dame Academy, Academy of Our Lady of Grace, and Christ the Teacher Academy competed.
