Contact information
Name:
Eric Ziolkowski
Phone:
610-330-5181
Email:
ziolkowe@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Where:
Kirby
Presenter:
James Padilioni, Jr., The College of William and Mary
Price:
Free
This lecture focuses upon the lifeworld of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Atlanta, the oldest Catholic congregation serving the African-American community founded in 1912. Our Lady of Lourdes is located within the Martin Luther King National Historic Site in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood and sits around the corner from King's Ebenezer Baptist Church. As such, these two churches shared in overlapping histories throughout the 20th century. In addition to the circa 1950, 7' tall statue of Martin de Porres that sits in their nave, Our Lady of Lourdes also played home to the St. Martin Human Relations Council during the 1960s that participated in a 1965 anti-police brutality march following the Selma, AL incident of 1965, as well as a home race dialog program. This lecture traces out the interrelations between these two Martins, especially in light of Martin de Porres' 1962 canonization as the patron saint of social justice.
Sponsored by:
Department of Religious Studies, through the Lyman Coleman Guest Speaker Fund, and the Africana Studies Program, with support also of the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program