Martin Luther King Jr.

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Refocusing Our Attitude

Kathy Coffey March 7, 2025

Where we place our focus determines our attitude. When we start down a familiar mental rut (“Why do I get stuck with all the work around here?”), we can redirect that channel, finding something to appreciate.

a stone monument depicting Martin Luther King Jr.

We All Have a Choice

Patricia Breen McNeil January 20, 2025

Today is a reminder for all Americans to name and help dismantle the racist processes and procedures that still exist, while honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

People march for civil rights | Photo by Jerónimo Bernot on Unsplash

Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges us to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity

OSV News January 20, 2025

The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all "to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.

Audacious Hope

Christopher Heffron January 15, 2024

Hope was always the bedrock of Dr. Martin Luther King's work. “If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving,” he said.

Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, then president of the University of Notre Dame, second from left, joins hands with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Edgar Chandler and Msgr. Robert J. Hagarty of Chicago, far right, in this 1964 file photo. As Rev. King taught, "we must confront the evils of racism and prejudice with the love of Christ," Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 10, 2024, statement ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 15. (OSV News photo/courtesy University of Notre Dame)

Broglio: Reflect On King’s ‘Rallying Cry’ to Confront Today’s ‘Evils of Racism’

OSV News January 15, 2024

The Jan. 15 federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a time to “pause and reflect” on his “indelible legacy” and “his rallying cry in the pursuit of justice and peace.”

The Franciscan Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Christopher Heffron December 27, 2023

What do an American civil rights icon of the 1960s and an Italian mystic from the 13th century have in common? More than you might think.

I Will Be With You

Richard B. Patterson, PhD February 11, 2023

Reflect One night, Martin Luther King Jr. received a threatening phone call. He went downstairs to make a cup of coffee and in the midnight hour spoke to God about giving up his leadership role in the quest for freedom. ...