Prayer Service at St. Martin de Porres for Victims of Earthquake
MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release
January 14, 2010 |
For Information: Cecelia Price, 502/417-7187
or Deacon James Turner, 502/778-1118 |
Prayer Service at St. Martin de Porres for Victims of Earthquake
(Louisville, KY) St. Martin de Porres Parish (3112 West Broadway) will host a prayer service on Saturday, January 16,at 3 p.m. for the victims of the massive earthquake in Haiti. Persons of all faiths are invited to join Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, Deacon James Turner (pastoral administrator of St. Martin de Porres), Rev. Celeve Izean of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Rev. Frantz Philippe of the Haitian Tabernacle, other invited clergy and the Haitian community for this time of prayer.
Approximately 23 Haitian families worship at St. Martin de Porres. Many have been unable to contact friends and family to determine their safety.
St. Martin de Porres is one of the 111 parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, which extends through 24 counties of Central Kentucky.
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