Black Catholic Ministries Dinner features "Selma Sister"
and lifetime achievement awards

Sister Mary Antona Ebo (center) of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary is the dinner guest of Deacon and Mrs. Arthur Miller.

(10-18-2008) - The Office for Black Catholic Ministries' Pierre Toussaint Dinner held at the Farmington Marriott featured nationally known "Selma Sister," Sister Mary Antona Ebo as the keynote speaker. Sister Ebo marched with Dr. Martin Luther King from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. She became the key speaker at the march when a broadcaster recorded a confrontation between Sister Ebo and local government agents. Now 83 years of age, Sister Ebo is featured in a documentary film made 42 years after the march, Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change .

Honored at the dinner for Lifetime Achievement were Mr. Myles N. Hubbard, former Director of Black Catholic Ministries for the archdiocese, and parishioner of St. Justin Parish, Hartford, and Mrs. Elizabeth Nkonoki-Ward, a member of the Advisory Board for the Office for Black Catholic Ministries, and a member of St. Joseph Parish, New Britain. Archbishop Henry J. Mansell presented the awards.

Mr. Myles N. Hubbard, shown with his wife Sherry, received a Lifetime Achievement Award.	Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Elizabeth Nkonoki-Ward is joined by members of her family at the banquet.
Archbishop Henry J. Mansell presented the awards and lauded the accomplishments of the Office for Black Catholic Ministries. Seated next to the Archbishop is Victoria Virgo, a past honoree, who introduced Sister Ebo.	The evening called for semi-formal attire or African wear, proudly worn by several of the 350 attendees.