Keynote Speaker
Fr. Ricardo Bailey
of Atlanta, GA.
(Louisville, Kentucky) The Office of
Multicultural Ministry of the Archdiocese of Louisville will host its
24th Annual African American Catholic Leadership Awards
Banquet. This event will take place on Saturday,
March 5, 2011, 6:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 320 West Jefferson
Street, Louisville, KY 40202. A Silent Auction will begin
at 5:00 p.m. along with a Cash Bar.
The purpose of this awards
banquet is to recognize African American Catholic leadership within the
Archdiocese of Louisville. All proceeds from this event will go towards a
scholarship fund that assists African American Catholic youth with secondary and
post-secondary education. Ten youth scholarships will be given to young men and
women who have demonstrated leadership in their church and school communities.
Ten adults will be recognized for their leadership in the African American
Catholic community.
A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. and the
Louisville Chapter of Chums, Inc. will receive the highest honor (Acacia Award)
for their many years of service to the community at large. Both of these
recipients are truly worthy of this honor.
A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. is a family
owned and operated provider of high quality funeral services in Louisville, KY.
They are committed to helping families honor the lives of loved ones, and have
been serving this community for over 100 years. They have two locations, the
Downtown location and the Southeast location, both prepared to meet the needs of
this very diverse community. The Southeast location was created to focus on the
multicultural community in the southeastern part of the city and Spanish is
spoken.
Chums, Inc. is a non-profit organization that
provides opportunities for women to meet in friendship and fun, to encourage
a spirit of helpfulness, and to use their many talents in service to the
community. The organization promotes civic, cultural, educational and social
improvement. An ancillary focus of the organization is to enrich the lives
of children by helping them to develop to their fullest intellectual, moral,
emotional, physical and social potential. The national theme is "Listen to
the Children." Louisville Chums has worked with the Office of Multicultural
Ministry's Catholic Enrichment Center for several years on many initiatives
focusing on young women.
Mrs. Jo Ann Cooper, Holy Rosary Parish
(Springfield) will receive the Genevieve Boone Award. This award is given to
those individuals who have been trailblazers in the areas of cultural
enrichment, education and formation from an Africentric perspective. A
leader in her parish, throughout the Catholic community and the rural
community at large, she embodies the essence of what Mrs. Genevieve Boone
stood for.
The keynote address will be given by Fr. Ricardo
Bailey from Atlanta, GA. Father Ricardo was born in Atlanta and attended Our
Lady of Lourdes Catholic School and St. Thomas More Catholic School. He
graduated with honors from Xavier University in May of 1997 with a Bachelors
Degree in Sociology. He went on to St. Mary's Seminary & University to
complete his seminary studies with a Bachelors Degree in Sacred Theology
(S.T.B.) and a Masters of Divinity Degree (M.Div.). On June 7, 2003, he was
ordained to the Priesthood and celebrated his first Mass of Thanksgiving at
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on June 8, 2003. He has served as
Parochial Vicar at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta. In May of 2006,
he was appointed as the Assistant Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese
of Atlanta. Father Bailey is the chaplain at Blessed Trinity High School and
is in residence at Transfiguration Catholic Church.
Tickets are $45.00 and must be purchased in
advance. For further information please call the Office of Multicultural
Ministry at 502/636-0296.
For further information
contact:
Annette Turner or
Charmein Weathers
502/636-0296 (Office)
