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Monday, January 14, 2002 • Kearney Auditorium • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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“…We must have the moral courage to stand up and protest against injustice
wherever we find it…[because] injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
From “The Christmas Sermon” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Majoring In Justice”
Highlights from Selected King Programs at SJFC
Processional
“Siyahamba” and “In the Sanctuary”
Combined Choirs
2002 MLK Theme
Arlette Miller Smith, Associate Dean
“Shed a Little Light” with
“I Have a Dream” Speech
Johanna Perrin 7/8 Choir
Steven T. White
Invocation
Dr. Timothy Johnson, Professor of Religion
Roberts Wesleyan College
SJFC Alma Mater
Combined Choirs and Fisher Family
Director of Ceremonies
Joseph P. Hill, Reporter, GRC 9
Welcome
Dr. Donald E. Bain, Acting Provost
2001-2002 Romeo A. Smith Scholars
Trustee Romeo A. Smith, Scholarship Donor
“Oh the Blood”
Carey Smith and Friends
Introduction of Speaker
Fr. Joe Lanzalaco, Campus Ministries Director
“What If God Is Unhappy”
SJFC Gospel Choir
Keynote Presentation
Sr. Barbara Moore, Sisters of Mercy and
Highland Hospital Center for Women Director
Closing Remarks
Dr. Rick DeJesus-Rueff, Dean of Students
Benediction/Special Musical Tribute
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dean, Dr. Michael Herzbrun, and
Imam Mohammed Shafiq
Patriotic Tribute arranged by John Englert
Combined Choirs and Steven T. White
“Star Spangled Banner”
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
“America the Beautiful”
“Traditional/Contemporary Battle Hymn”
“Let Freedom Ring”/“Where Do We Go From Here” Excerpt
Recessional
Interpreter: Catherine Hardesty
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Sister Barbara Moore
Birth: Rochester, New York
Family: Parents Mildred and John Moore, deceased; one sister/
brother-in-law, Joan (Raymond) Hensler of Rochester; three
nieces
Education: Our Lady of Mercy High School; Nazareth College;
Colgate Rochester Divinity School. Working toward a doctorate
of ministry with an emphasis in preaching from McCormick
Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois
Career Highlights: History teacher, Franklin High School;
Member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Rochester
Regional Community since 1961; teacher at Our Lady of Mercy;
Pastoral Associate, St. Monica Church; Executive Director,
Interfaith Jail Ministry; Assistant to Rep. Louise Slaughter;
Manager, Highland Hospital Center for Women 1997-Present;
Associate Preacher, St. Patrick Church-Victor
Recent Awards: YWCA Woman Assisting Women 2001; Urban
League of Rochester, Community Service 2001; Italian American
Women of Distinction in Science, 2001; Outstanding Catholic
Woman, St. Bernard’s Institute 1993
Justice Reflections: As I reflect on my life and ministries, and
being a “Rochester” native, I am aware of being born in a
historical community that has been on a “Race for Justice.”
In addition, I was born into the Roman Catholic faith community
that has always placed a great deal of emphasis on care for the
vulnerable, the rights of the poor and marginal, as well as the
dignity of every human person.
My family unit and the mission of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, of which I am a member, have heightened my care and
concern for the poor and those in need of care and support.
The ministries in which I have been privileged to serve—- education, criminal justice, political, church, and heath care—- have
afforded me the grace to see how systems oppress men and women and how systems have the capacity to join in the race for
justice.
I would never say that my journey toward justice has been a “race” because of my limits and blind spots, but I have been
blessed to be in those places that have opened my heart to the needs of others.
Presently, I am pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry with a concentration in preaching. I hope that my love of scripture and
preaching will enable others to join this critical race and be the “heroes” for justice they have the capacity to be.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you: that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 5:43-45
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