All tagged Martin Luther King

Catholic churches take on ‘most segregated hour’

Catholic churches take on ‘most segregated hour’

Parishioners of St. John Chrysostom & St. Martin de Porres
To The Editor

In this time of terrible racial violence and social injustice, the upcoming birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should renew the call to each of us to identify our role in promoting racial healing and justice. To that end, our two Catholic parishes – one urban and predominantly Black, and one suburban and predominantly white – have joined together to address the sin of racism and prayerfully develop actions to build Dr. King’s “beloved community” in our own communities.

Honoring and dishonoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Honoring and dishonoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Grant Grissom
To The Editor

I am proud to live in a nation whose people observe a holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.  As a Christian, I am proud of the “days of service” organized by churches and other faith communities. King would feel grateful and honored that his birthday is celebrated in this way. But MLK would feel dishonored by the churches’ silence in response to his pleas to boldly and publicly oppose racial and economic injustice.