Posted on 02/14/2007 10:24:24 AM PST by DogwoodSouth
The keynote speaker was Rev. Jacqueline Luck, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson. The title of her presentation was “Without Vision the People Will Perish.” .... “Mississippi is the most dangerous place in the United States for women and children,” she said, “...How can we not commit to do what we can?” .... In closing the celebration, Bishop Latino told the audience that in order to be a visionary, one has to see what others can not, or refuse to see.
(Excerpt) Read more at mississippicatholic.com ...
know that this is a little late (news-wise), but just today, reading "Rev." Jacqueline Luck's identification in this morning's Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS) as an "abortion rights advocate," did it hit me. I suddenly recalled reading back in Jan. that she had been the keynote speaker at Bishop Latino's invitation, to speak at the cathedral (!) at a celebration honoring the late Dr. King. I implore all faithful Catholics and other concerned abortion opponents to PLEASE write, call and email the Jackson Diocese and Bishop Latino to express your outrage that he would invite a known pro-choice advocate (who, incidentally, was in today's paper for chastising one of our pro-life state senators for his views on abortion), to be a speaker at ANY Catholic event, ESPECIALLY one held at the cathedral (for crying out loud!).
Contact info: Catholic Diocese of Jackson 237 East Amite P.O. Box 2248 Jackson, MS 39225-2248 (601) 969-1880
Bishop Latino's email: joseph.latino@jacksondiocese.org
Thanks for your comments and your help!
"How can we not commit to do what we can?"
Methinks the bishop would be too astute to, on Respect Life Sunday, invite a noted pro-life activist to speak, who was also a white supremacist on his own turf.
I think I will write and tell him so.
MS and Catholic and pro-LIFE Pings...
It might be that Bishop Latino is referring to those self-proclaimed civil rights advocates who fail to see that murder is the ultimate violation of civil rights. He should have noted that Dr. King, while left wing on many issues, was never pro-abort.
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