Friars, congregations, and partners in ministry throughout the Province, like those across the nation and around the world, commemorated the life of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ministries Bear Witness to King’s Message of Peace
Ministries around Holy Name Province emphasized Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of peace, nonviolence and activism during this year’s holiday commemorations. Friars and partners-in-ministry organized a variety of events, including Masses, candlelight vigils and marches to gather their communities and to pay tribute to the life and philosophies of King, who was assassinated in 1968. Provincial Liturgy in South Carolina …
Seasonal Reflection: ‘I Have a Dream’
As the nation observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a friar who met the civil rights leader when King was awarded the St. Francis Peace Medal in 1963, writes about the changes in race relations he has witnessed as a member of the African-American community. When the HNP Communications Office asked me to write a reflection on this year’s observance of the …
Honoring King’s Legacy
Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream lives on at ministries around the Province, as friars and their partners-in-ministry demonstrated by commemorations of the civil rights leader this weekend. In addition to reflecting on King’s work, some ministries took an active role in continuing what he began more than 60 years ago. HNP Commemoration Provincial Minister John O’Connor, OFM, celebrated Mass during the Province’s …