Racial Justice Circle Event
Come join us as we celebrate the life, dreams and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King on Saturday January 15 of Dr. King weekend, The Pastorate of St. Ann, St. Francis Xavier and St. Wenceslaus, Racial Justice Circle and St. Ignatius Catholic Community will unify and present a program to celebrate his legacy. Please come to join us. Save the date and program details to follow. Event is 10 AM – 1 PM and is occurring through Zoom.
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Special Sunday Mass & Black Lives Matter Rally
MASS (10 AM):
Special Music for Dr. King
Homily by Fr. Casciotti
Black Lives Matter Interfaith Coalition Rally:
Rally to be held on from 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM in front of Mother Mary Lang Catholic School (200 N Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21201).
Prayer Walk
The 9th annual MLK and Rev. Msgr. Edward Michael Miller Peace Walk. This includes a prayer service in the church, neighborhood walk, a “virtual walk” and possibly a light lunch. It is led by Bishop Madden. The event will be livestreamed on the St. Bernadine’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Walk is scheduled for Monday, January 17, beginning at noon.
Parish phone number: 410-362-8664.
Parish address: 3812 Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229.
Livestreamed at:
YouTube – St. Bernardine
Facebook – St. Bernardine
An Evening Lecture at Loyola University Maryland – Annual Convocation
Thursday, January 20, 2022
6:30 p.m.
Reitz Arena / Livestreamed
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation, celebrating its 29th year, is an occasion for Loyola and the Baltimore community to launch the spring semester and the New Year by coming together for shared inquiry into the issues of social justice, politics, spirituality, and the legacies of race and racial justice in America. The convocation, which is sponsored by Loyola University Maryland’s office of equity and inclusion, is a signature event for the University. Past speakers have included Octavia Butler, Spike Lee, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Roxane Gay.
The convocation is co-sponsored by the office of the president, office of equity and inclusion, Messina, and the Karson Institute for Race, Peace, & Social Justice.
Bestselling author Michelle Alexander will speak at Loyola University Maryland’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., in Reitz Arena. “The New Jim Crow: An Evening with Michelle Alexander” convocation will be moderated by Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., founding director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice and associate professor of communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola. The lecture will also be livestreamed.
Alexander will offer new perspectives while discussing her critically acclaimed bestseller, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, which examines racial injustice in the modern legal system and calls us all to action for improved human rights in America.
A book signing will follow the lecture. This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required by Jan. 13, 2022. Read the full press release.
For more information, please call 410-617-2082 or write to OfficeOfTheCEIO@loyola.edu. Closed captioning will be provided.