2017 MLK Memorial Mass to be Jan. 14

Published: January 7, 2017

The 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Mass will be held at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock. Bishop Anthony B. Taylor will be the main celebrant. The Mass is sponsored by the Diocesan Council for Black Catholics. During the Mass the Daniel Rudd Award will be handed out to a black Catholic who is active in his or her parish and community. To learn more, contact Rosalyn Pruitt at (501) 375-9617.

In 2016, Bishop Taylor presented the award to Sister de Porres Polk, OSB, of Holy Angels Convent in Jonesboro. Sister de Porres, a 51-year Benedictine and subprioress of Holy Angels Convent, has been the only U.S.-born black woman religious in Arkansas for much of her religious life. A licensed practical nurse, she spent many years caring for infants at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro and serves on the Diocesan Council for Black Catholics. Learn more by reading Arkansas Catholic.