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Meet The IAACEC Speakers
Rev. Maurice J. Nutt, C.Ss.R., D.Min.
Reverend Maurice J. Nutt was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. He was baptized into the Catholic faith as an infant. His vocation to the priesthood was nurtured at St. Alphonsus Liguori “Rock” Catholic Church, a Redemptorist parish. He professed vows in the Redemptorist congregation on July 24, 1983. Father Nutt was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 1989 by Bishop J. Terry Steib, S.V.D. at his home parish of the “Rock.” As Divine Providence would have it, his first pastoral assignment after ordination was as pastoral associate of the very parish where his vocation was born and nurtured. It was not long after that he was named the 32nd Pastor and the first African American Pastor of this historic parish where he served as pastor for 9 years. Under his pastoral leadership the parish grew from 150 families to over 1,200 families with over 80 ministries! In 2000, the parish was named one of 300 Excellent Catholic churches in the US by the Pastoral Summit.
Father Maurice’s retreats, revivals, missions, and lectures are always overflowing with people hungry for the Word of God and eager and ready to be inspired, loved and a part of a joyful celebration! He specializes in preaching, evangelization, African American culture, spirituality, and community and church development.
He has received numerous awards and citations for his leadership and civic efforts. Father Nutt earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis; a Master of Theology Degree from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana; a Master of Divinity Degree from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Illinois; and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy and Communication from Holy Redeemer College in Waterford, Wisconsin. In June of 2001, he completed a Leadership Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Father Nutt is currently pastor of Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Catholic Church in Memphis, Tennessee. He is also the Director of the African American Ministry Initiative for the Redemptorists of the Denver Province. Recently he joined the faculty of the Religious Studies Distance Learning Program at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia where he teaches in the areas of Theology, African American Religious Studies and Preaching.
This Catholic evangelist life’s purpose is simply to lead souls to Christ the Redeemer! Please pray that Father Maurice Nutt may continue to be used by God for God’s greater honor and glory!
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Mrs. M. Annette Mandley-Turner
Mrs. M. Annette Turner is the Executive Director of the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office of Multicultural Ministry. She serves as the
President and CEO, and Organizational Development Consultant for Turner Mandley & Turner (TM&T), LLC
She is also the president of the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators (NABCA). In these capacities Annette has had the opportunity to learn and experience every facet of organizational development and understands the dynamics of multicultural perspectives.
She was involved in training employees and organization members as they were experiencing shifts in paradigms, especially groups moving toward a multicultural self directed team- based environment.
Some of her training capabilities include diversity training, coaching, program designing, prejudice reduction training, conference planning and additional broad range of leadership skills.
She is also the co-founder of the National African American Catholic Youth Ministry Network; National Network for Black Catholic Young Adults and Louisville Kwanzaa Fest. She is the co-developer of Spalding University Russell Institute, Thea Bowman Certificate Program. She is the co-producer and host for Connection Point Radio Show, which airs twice a week on WLOU.
Mrs. Turner is currently serving on the Board of Trustees for NABCA, Executive Board for One Church One Child, Executive Board of NAACYMN, Board of Director West Louisville Community Ministry, Board of Directors for the Healing Place, Executive Director for Kentucky Interfaith Community, and the International Cultural Council, NCNW, Jack and Jill of America.
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Ms. Margretta (Greta) Stokes Tucker
Ms. Margretta Stokes Tucker is the director of the Department for Black Catholics, Ethnic & Cultural Communities for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, where she directs the Office for Black Catholic Ministries, the Office for Ethnic Ministries with the Korean, Latino, and Vietnamese Catholic Communities, and offers support to African Catholic immigrants and refugees. Prior to assuming this position in 1994, she served for nine years as the Director of Religious Education for St. Benedict the Moor Parish in the Hill District of Pittsburgh.
Greta is working on her doctoral dissertation in theology at Duquesne University where she also earned a master’s degree in religious education. She is a graduate of Seton Hill College (now University) in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, where she pursued a double major, earning a B.A. in Psychology and in Religious Studies. Besides theology, Black Catholic history, and Black spirituality, she is interested in Holocaust education, the implications of the Holocaust for humanity today, and parallels with the history of slavery and racism in the United States. Greta has traveled to Israel several times, where she also lived and studied, and recently sponsored a pilgrimage to Ghana.
She serves on several local and national boards: Crossroads Foundation, National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, The Sr. Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation; organizations: Diocesan National Black Catholic Congress Leadership Team and the NABCA.
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Sister Patricia Haley, SCN
Georgia She is a National Speaker, Retreat Director, Revivalist and Facilitator, President of the national Black Sisters’ Conference. Sister Patricia was born in Columbus, Georgia. She was raised in Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama. She is a graduate of Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky with a degree in Elem. Education Sister attend graduate school at the university of Louisville with studies in governmental Administration and city Planning. Sister is the Coordinator of the Enrichment Program for the institute of black catholic Studies at Xavier university of New Orleans. Sister Pat, as she is known by many, is one of the founding members of the National Black Sisters’ Conference which was founded in august of 1968. She is a member of the Knights of peter Claver, Ladies Aux. Court 379 of Tampa, Florida. In September of 1963, Sister entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky.
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Rev. Mr. James R. Turner
is the Pastoral Administrator of St. Martin de Porres and St. Augustine Catholic Church. He is married to M. Annette Mandley-Turner. He attended the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky, where he majored in Business Management and Gerontology. In addition to being the Pastoral Administrator of St. Martin de Porres, Deacon Turner retired from DuPont-Dow Elastomers in the Human Resource Department as a Human Resource Specialist. He is also Chief Financial Officer of Turner and Associates, Human Resource Consulting Firm.
He us the co-author of Community Rites of Passage, Marriage: Couples Connections, Kujenga Viongonzi Leadership Process, and the co-facilitator/trainer for K.V.L.P. International. He is the author of Prayer and Celebration for All Seasons, Prayers and Petitions for All Seasons. Deacon Turner has always shared his knowledge in the area of leadership development from an Africentric perspective.
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Mrs. Veronica Morgan-Lee has over 31 years of expertise as a successful professional educator, administrator, and social worker. She is an institution builder and visionary empowering individuals, groups, and organizations toward successful achievement of their mission and goals.
Dr. Morgan-Lee is the CEO of The Village, Inc., a family consulting firm that focuses on building institutions through vision, education, culture, history, and leadership. She is presently the Executive Director of Crossroads Foundation, which provides high school tuition scholarships and academic support to students in targeted Catholic elementary schools who would otherwise be unable to attend Catholic high schools.
Dr. Morgan-Lee received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA; and a Master's Degree in Social Work from St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1993, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from her alma mater, Benedictine College, in Atchison, Kansas, for outstanding work in the areas of race, religion, and social justice. Dr. Morgan-Lee is faculty member of the Xavier University Institute for Black Catholic Studies. Dr. Morgan-Lee is a popular national speaker throughout the country in areas of education, leadership, and race relations.
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Rev. Anthony Clark, S.V.D., is Secretariat of Multicultural Ministries for the Diocese of Memphis. His responsibilities include assisting in developing and implementing policies for the diocese.
He also provides and directs diocesan activities, services, and programs for the various multicultural groups within the diocese; and plans and evaluates with these groups the implementation of their pastoral goals and activities.
Fr. Tony is a member of the Divine Word Missionaries, where he serves as District Superior for the southern district, and sits on the Provincial Council for his order.
He has served as president of the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators (NABCA) and firmly believes in using his special skills and talents to help in the evangelization effort of the Catholic Church.
For his many years of service and dedication, he was presented The Leadership in the Catholic Church Award by the National Black Catholic Clergy, which is a distinguished and prestigious award.
Fr. Tony is currently the pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Rev. John Geaney, CSP, is currently pastor of St. Augustine Church in South Memphis. He is also Communications Advisor to Bishop Steib and spokesperson for the Diocese of Memphis.
Father Geaney was previously the Priest Director of Catholic Relief Services, the Bishops of the United States Agency for overseas assistance to the poor. Prior to his service with Catholic Relief Services, Father Geaney spent thirty three years producing a weekly radio program that was syndicated throughout the United States called Sound and Sense. He was also a television producer. As a producer he created three major documentaries. Trappist is a history of monasticism and was produced for broadcast by public broadcast stations. John Paul II, A Light for the Nations is a biography of Pope John Paul II and was produced for the ABC network in co-operation with the USCC Department of Communications. Fire Tried Gold is a history of the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina and was broadcast on a state wide network. Father Geaney is also responsible for the production of numerous videos and several weekly, locally broadcast television programs including such diverse themes as The Bloomin’ Place (for children); One on One (for young adult audiences) and Realities (an early call in talk show). He is the creator of Sunday to Sunday, a video bible study program still being seen in many parishes around the country.
Father Geaney has been the President of Paulist Communications. He was also the Director of Paulist Marketing and Media Relations. Under his direction, Paulist Today, the public relations newsletter of the Paulist Fathers was begun. The priest was also Editor of the Magazine, Preaching Today.
As a producer he has won several awards including the Clio, the Gabriel, and the Wilbur. In 1993 he won the Unda-USA President’s Medallion for outstanding lifetime achievement and contributions in Catholic Communications, and in 1998 won the coveted Daniel J. Kane Religious Communication Award from the University of Dayton.
Father Geaney was the President of Unda-USA from 1976-1982. He was a member of the International Catholic Organization of Broadcasters, Unda, and served on its Board and Executive Committee. He has served as a member of the USCC Communications Committee. He was also a member of the North American Broadcast Section of the WACC, and served as a board member of the WACC. He has also served on several international television juries. He is currently a member of CACAP
When Pope John Paul II visited the United States in 1979, 1987, and 1995, Father Geaney was the press advance person for the media in dealing with the Vatican and the United States Bishop’s Conference. During World Youth Day in 1993, in Denver, Father Geaney was a part of the Communications team for the USCC.
Father Geaney has two graduate degrees; one in Theology and one in Speech Communication. He was the head of the Department of Speech at St. Paul’s College in Washington, DC and taught communications and preaching for eight years. He was also the Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, as well as Executive Producer for Paulist Media Works.
Father Geaney was born in Malden, Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents. He was ordained a priest on May 11, 1964 and is a member of the Paulist Community whose major works includes preaching the word, seeking understanding of faith on both the inter-religious and ecumenical levels, and working for reconciliation within the Church and through the Church with others.
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Robert G. (Bob) Atkins is a Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Memphis assigned to St. Augustine Parish, where he serves as Director of Religious Education overseeing PRE, RCIA and Adult Formation programs. He served on the African American Council for twenty two years and served as chairman for five years. He has also served on the planning committee for the IAACEC in recent years.
Deacon Bob has a very diverse background. He graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana and answered President Kennedy’s call to served in the Peace Corps as a volunteer for two years and then as a volunteer leader for one year in Colombia, South America. Following his tour in the Peace Corps he served in the United States Marine Corps for three years. After twenty five years as a teacher and administrator at State Technical Institute (now Southwest Tennessee Community College) Bob now owns a catering company specializing in “good food”.
He has been a presenter for several conferences (TIKO, IAACEC, Black Men’s Conference, NBCC Family Reunion and the Diocesan Council of Black Catholics in Little Rock, AR) as well as locally in the Diocese of Memphis.
Bob and his wife (a deacon in the Baptist faith community and a musician at St. Augustine Parish) have six children and twelve grand children.
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Father Manuel Williams, C.R.
was born on July 24, 1957 in Aliceville, Alabama. He completed his primary education at Resurrection Catholic School in Montgomery and graduated from Montgomery’s St. Jude High School in 1975. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana (B.A., 1979), the Aquinas Institute of Theology at Saint Louis University, (M.Div., 1987). the National Institute for Planned Giving, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (1993). In June 2000 Fr. Williams was awarded, the Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) credential by the Association for Fundraising Professionals and was recertified in June 2003. Fr. Williams professed first vows on May 30, 1982 and was ordained on May 23, 1987. Father served as a teacher and director of Student Activities at Gordon Tech High School in Chicago after ordination. He is a member of the Congregation of the Resurrection Provincial Council, the five man governance and leadership team for the 80 members of the order’s United States Province.
Father Williams has served as Director of Resurrection Catholic Missions and Pastor of Resurrection Catholic Church, both in Montgomery, Alabama since 1990. Resurrection Missions is an ecumenical, multifaceted, educational, health care and social service organization employing nearly 300 persons in its various programs and institutions. He serves on several local and national boards, including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He served on the planning committee for the 40th anniversary Joint Conference of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, the National Black Sisters’ Conference and the National Black Catholic Seminarians’ Association. Former Governor Siegelman appointed him to serve as a member of the State of Alabama Child Death Review Team and the Advisory Panel to the Governor’s Early Learning Commission. He is past co-chair of the Montgomery Area AIDS Task Force, an ad hoc group sponsoring a Ministers’ Conference to address the medical, social and spiritual needs of African Americans living with HIV/AIDS.
Father Williams is the past president of Montgomery AIDS Outreach, has served on the boards of Catholic Social Services, the United Way, the State of Alabama Minority Health Advisory Council, Montgomery Area United Way Community Council, Gordon Technical High School in Chicago the National Catholic Development Conference and the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and is a former member of the nominating committee for the South Central Alabama Girl Scout Council, Inc. The University of Notre Dame honored Fr. Williams as one of fifty Black Alumni Exemplars in 1997. In 2001, the Montgomery Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. named him their Citizen of the Year. In 2004 Fr. Manuel was given the Martin Luther King Legacy Award for Religion by Alpha Phi Alpha’s Alpha Upsilon Lambda Chapter in Montgomery. In March of 2006, Father Williams was honored as the Montgomery Advertiser Citizen of the Year for 2005.
He preaches revivals and missions throughout the U.S., specializing in African-American Catholic spirituality and history. He also lectures and consults on fundraising and development for non-profit entities.
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Rev. Giles Conwill - Morehouse College
Father Conwill was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest for the Diocese of San Diego in 1973. He is currently an Associate Professor of History (tenured in 1994), at Morehouse College. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from Emory University in African -American History and Cultural Anthropology. He has a Master’s of Divinity Degree from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Systematic and Pastoral Theology. He also holds the B. A. Degree in Philosophy, History and Latin from the University of San Diego. Fr. Conwill’s teaching fields include the following: History of the United States, Western Civilization, the Black Church, Ancient Africa, and African-American Catholics and the World. Fr. Conwill is an active Retreat Master, and a frequent presenter at the National Black Catholic Movement activities. He is an active supply Minister and is well known and appreciated in many churches throughout the Atlanta Archdiocese.
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Rev. Kenneth E. Taylor is a priest in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, IN. Ordained May 20, 1978, he currently serves as Pastor of Church of the Holy Angels, Administrator of St. Michael the Archangel, while continuing as director of the Office of Multicultural Ministry for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
In this ministry, he works to promote an increased awareness of the ethnic strengths and diversity of the archdiocese and assists parishes in developing services to meet multicultural needs.
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Mrs. Vanessa Griffin Campbell
Is the director of the Office of ministry to African American Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. She’s currently serving as the Secretary for the national Association of Black catholic Administrators, Secretary for the Board of Directors Thea Bowman center in Cleveland, OH and a member of the Board of Directors national African American Catholic Youth Ministry Network. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education. Vanessa has worked in ministry over twenty years in the areas of Senior Adults, Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Community Outreach (USDA) Summer Lunch Feeding Program, 4-H/Ohio State University Cooperative Extension, Cuyahoga County Youth Service Council written several published articles, reviewer of the Good News Bible the African American Jubilee edition and currently serves on several diocesan committees.
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Rev. J-Glenn Murray, S.J.
Father J-Glenn Murray, S.J. has been recently assigned as a parochial vicar at Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Church, a Jesuit parish in the shadow of our nation’s Capitol, in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. He has been a member of the Maryland Province of Jesuits for the last 39 years; having been ordained to priestly ministry in June of 1979.
Having received a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and Communications from Saint Louis University in 1970, a Master’s Degree in Divinity with a concentration in Liturgy from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California in 1983, he has since pursued studies in Preaching at the Aquinas Institute in Saint Louis (1992-1993) and recently completed a Doctor of Ministry Degree with a concentration in Liturgy at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago (May 2006).
He was an Associate Pastor at Holy Cross Church in Durham, NC while a campus minister at Duke University. He taught and was Vice-Principal at Saint Frances Academy, the oldest Black Catholic High School in the Western Hemisphere from 1981 to 1988.
He was the principals drafter of the United States Bishops documents, Plenty Good Room: The Spirit and Truth of African American Catholic Worship. Since that publication, the majority of his articles have appeared in the bi-monthly liturgical newsletter, Plenty Good Room, a former periodical of Liturgy Training Publications of Chicago.
From 1989 until June of 2007, he worked for the Diocese of Cleveland in the Office of Pastoral Liturgy, serving as its Director for 1995. He has taught at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley as well as Saint Mary’s Seminary and University in Cleveland, Ohio. He lectures widely in the areas of Liturgy and Culture, as well as conducting parish missions and priest retreats.
His memberships include the North American Academy of Liturgy, the Catholic Association of Liturgy and the newly constituted Jungmann Society, and international organization of Jesuits working in the liturgy and allied fields.
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Deacon James Mandley
is an ordained deacon from Norfolk, VA. Deacon Mandley provides leadership development on a national and international level. He has a BS in Psychology and MS in Human Resource and Social Work. He is an international presenter in domestic violence and sex abuse.
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Deacon Shelby M. Friend
is married to Maxine G. Friend and the father of three children Miles, Marisa, and Barbara. He is also the grandfather of six. He retired from the Veterans Medical Center where he was employed as a Dietary Supervisor in 2005. Deacon Friend was ordained in the Diocese of Cleveland in May of 1994.
He served in the United States Army in Viet Nam and received a Purple Heart.
He is on staff at Holy Spirit Church Parish in the Southeast District of the diocese. In 1998, Deacon Friend organized a retreat for men called “Strangers No More”. The first retreat took place at St. Henry Parish and has continued throughout the diocese. The purpose of the retreat is to bring diverse men in the diocese together to dialogue about their faith journeys.
In 2004 Deacon Friend served as a facilitator for the “Protecting Gods Children Program for Adults” and is currently serving as a facilitator and Organizer of the “Diocesan Racism Committee” in the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio.
Education: Associate of Applied Business at Cuyahoga Community College
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Ms. Ayisha A. Morgan-Lee
is the founder and CEO of Hill Dance Academy Theatre, Home of Ju-B-Lation: Spirit Filled Feet. Ayisha graduated in May 2007 from Carnegie Mellon University, John Heinz School of Public Policy with a Master’s in Arts Management. While a student, she interned with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York and apprenticed with the August Wilson Center for African American Cultural. In May 2005, Ayisha graduated cum laude from Howard University with a BFA in Dance and Theater. She is no stranger to Pittsburgh dance and theatre audiences appearing in numerous plays since her debut at the age of six in City Theatre’s Coloured Museum. While a student at Howard University, in 2003, Ayisha performed in South Africa at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival with Kuntu Repertory Theatre in the production of Mahalia and Lady Sings the Blues. Over the past three years, Ayisha has performed the lead role of Mary and choreographed the movement in Langston Hughes’ Christmas favorite, Black Nativity. In July 2007 and 2008, Ayisha received The African American Council of the Arts Onyx Award for Best Choreography in a Musical for Black Nativity and for the choreography of her first full musical production, Christmas Is Comin’ Uptown Ayisha has used her theatre skills as the stage manager for Dr. Goddess’s One Woman Show, Dr. Goddess Goes to Jail and production manager for Pittsburgh Playwrights annual Black and White Festival. Ayisha has danced on stage with the Legacy Arts Project for the past three years. For the past two year she has choreographed Frick International Studies Academy Musicals, Gone With the Breeze and The Wiz. She currently teaches dance at Dance Alloy, Fulton Academy through Dance Alloy’s Education Outreach Program, Faison Elementary School and at the Pittsburgh Urban League Charter School.
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Rev. Charles Smith, SVD
Father Smith is consumed by matters of justice and responsibility. As a member of the Society of Divine Word Missionaries (an international religious order of Priests and Brothers), he spends much of his life trying to end the madness and evils of human rights abuses around the world, passionately spreading the word of god through: rites of passage, revivals, workshops, school rallies, lectures, counseling, writing, and his jail and hospital ministry of presence. Father Smith is co-director of ambassadors of the World Ministries, and African-American Youth Program that educated and encourage youth in learning and exchanging their knowledge, culture, faith and skills. Father Smith heady tasks is to ensure that advocates and lay people in the Catholic Church get at the educational, spiritual, technical support they need to do their human rights and evangelization work, even if it means rebuilding a Catholic or legal system from scratch. Father Smith has been a Chaplain tin the federal government. He is a strong FBI agent (Firm Belief In Christ).
He has numerous awards in education, religion, and civil work. He is also a member of the Bowman-Francis Ministry Project, Which is an Africentric evangelization project. At present Father Smith is located in Indianapolis, Indiana at St. Rita’s Church. He plans to continue a Doctorate in Spirituality and Psychology.
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Kimberly Daniels
Kimberly Daniels has worked in church ministry for more than twenty years. She started her involvement in the Atlanta Archdiocese while in College. As a college student she was religious education instructor and the first representative from the Atlanta University Center to serve on the former Archdiocesan Commission of Black Catholic Concerns, which ultimately became the Office of Black Catholics. She assisted in the coordination of the first Martin Luther King Mass Celebration, which continues annually to this day and was Co-chair of the 2006 service. She has worked with several diocesan workshops and retreats, presenting information on small group faith sharing, formation and cultural awareness and diversity. Within her parish Ms. Daniels has served ministerial and leadership positions for more than 20 years. Ms. Daniels’ currently serves as Pastoral Minister, Evangelization Coordinator is on the Parish Pastoral Council, Liturgy Committee, Parish Annulment Case Sponsor for more than six years, OCIA team member. Ms. Daniels holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College; Master of Public Administration Degree , her course of study focused on Organization Development and Finance and a Masters of Theology concentrating in Liturgy. Ms. Daniels’ completed the Atlanta Archdiocesan Catechist Certification and Pastoral Ministry Formation Certification program.
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Rev. Chester P. Smith SVD
Father Smith was ordained in 1988 in Chicago along with his own twin brother, Fr. Charles A. Smith, Jr. They made African American history by becoming the first African American twin priest to be ordains in the Roman Catholic Church. Fr. Smith is one of their missionary priests that make up the Bowman-Francis Ministry Project. Fr. Smith is the founder of Ambassadors of the Word (AOW); a peer group ministry program that addresses the issues of African American youth development and their transition into adulthood Fr. Smith is also president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus.
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Ms. Kenya Turner
Is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. She is a product of Catholic secondary, post-secondary and graduate education. She had studied abroad and made humanitarian trips to Guatemala and Mexico. She is a certified catechist, a certified youth minister, lector and a Eucharistic minister. She is also a graduate of the Thea Bowman program, a Black Catholic leadership program. She is the Coordinator for Senior High Youth Ministry at St. Martin de Porres. She is national presenter in the area of Black Catholic leadership, Kujenga Viongozi and youth spirituality. She is one of the African Americans in the archdiocese of Louisville to receive the Archdiocese leadership Award. Kenya currently resides in the Dc Metropolitan area where she is the Associate Director of Admission for local post-secondary institution; she is active in Toastmasters International where she serves as a club office. She continues to serve in the Archdiocese of Louisville as a volunteer with the office of Multicultural Ministry
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Michael Younblood
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William Jemison
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Rose Lowery – It Feel So Good, Can’t Keep Still (Sacred Movement)
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