June 22, 2007

Local delegation headed to National Black Catholic Congress

Criterion staff report

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis will be well-represented at the 10th National Black Catholic Congress slated for Buffalo, N.Y., on July 12-15.

According to Father Kenneth Taylor, director of the Office of Multicultural Ministry and pastor of Holy Angels Parish in Indianapolis, the delegation he will lead has been preparing for the Congress for some time.

They held a day of reflection last December, and their feedback was used to help set the agenda for the Congress.

This will be the first time that the archdiocesan delegation includes parishioners from the New Albany Deanery, Father Taylor noted. Those planning to attend from that deanery include Joseph and Linda Nalley of St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Parish in Floyds Knobs and Francesca Ridge-Robinson, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany.

Ridge-Robinson is a hurricane evacuee from New Orleans who settled in New Albany, Father Taylor said.

Other archdiocesan congress attendees and their parish affiliation include:

Vonceal Franklin, Loyce Moore, Connie Morris and Amanda L. Strong—Holy Angels Parish, Indianapolis.

Diana Davis—Holy Trinity Parish, Indianapolis.

Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa Demetria Smith—SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish, Indianapolis, and mission educator for the archdiocesan Mission Office.

Bernadette Easton—St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Indianapolis.

Doris S. Parker—St. Lawrence Parish, Indianapolis.

Sophia Casey—St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Indianapolis.

Charlene Duline, Ethel Harden, and Carrie G. Kemp—St. Monica Parish, Indianapolis.

Shawn Brown, Vicki L. McKay, Franciscan Sister Jannette Marie Pruitt, and Divine Word Father Chester Smith—St. Rita Parish, Indianapolis.

Elizabeth Malone—St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Indianapolis. †

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