By Mary-Catherine Kinslow | The Record Newspaper

Sounds of praise and worship echoed through the sanctuary at St. Ignatius Martyr Church during a prayer service the afternoon of Nov. 7.

Father John S. Odeyemi, director of the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office of Multicultural Ministry, presided over the 38th annual Commemoration of Black Catholic History. The theme of the prayer service was “Rooted in faith, united in hope, committed to peace.”