HOLY ANGELS CATHOLIC CHURCH and SCHOOL
African Catholic Ministry Celebration
On Sunday, June 5, Holy Angels was delighted to host a celebration of the African Catholic Ministry of the Indianapolis Archdiocese. The program included a prayer service, African dance, a meal of authentic African cuisines, and a showing of African fashions. This event permitted African Catholics as well as African Americans and members of other cultures to join together in celebrating African cultures and Catholic traditions.
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Welcoming for the prayer service


A large gathering for the opening of the celebration


Rev. Clarence Waldon, Amanda Strong, Loyce Moore, and Rev. Kenneth Taylor


A processional of offerings related to African history and culture

The processional participants line up behind the clergy and lay recipients of the symbolic gifts.

Prayers are recited to each of the four directions of the compass.

Libations are offered to the memory of ancestors.

A choir offers worship music in an African style.

Rev. Kenneth Taylor offers comments on the occasion.

The beginning of an African dance
The dance ensemble continues its performance in the four photographs above.
The dance experience becomes truly communal as others from the community join in.

Celebrate!

Parishioners from an earlier era at Holy Angels
join in the festivities.