Mass celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Ordination of the first African-American Catholic Deacons:

7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Parish
Upsal and Ardleigh Streets
Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia

Jubilee Lecture - "We've Come This Far By Faith" by Reverend Cyprian Davis, OSB, Ph.D., noted historian, professor and author of the History of Black Catholics in the United States.

7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Saint Peter Claver Center for Evangelization
12th and Lombard Streets
Philadelphia

Father Davis will be honored with the Peter Claver Award by the Knights of Peter Claver and the Ladies Auxiliary at
8:00 p.m. at District Council 33 Headquarters, 30th and Walnut Streets, West Philadelphia.


Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will be the celebrant and homilist at a Mass celebrating the 45th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Martin de Porres.

2:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia

For more information on these events, please contact the Archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics, 215-587-3634.

For information about the Bicentennial Celebration please visit www.archphila.org

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Contact
Meredith Wilson
Communications Specialist
215-587-3747