Keep the Dream Alive Mass to Bestow Awards on National and Local Leaders Furthering Dr. King's Legacy and Work

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Jan 11, 2011, 03:35 ET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For this year's celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington will hold the Keep the Dream Alive Mass & Awards, presided by Most Reverend Leonard J. Olivier, SVD, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, and will honor three national leaders and one local organizer for their continued work to advocate nonviolent means to achieve equality and live a life of service to others.

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The event will take place:

Monday, January 17, 2011
10 a.m.
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
19 I St., NW
Washington, DC 20001

Honorees:

Joshua Dubois, Executive Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Marguerite Harmon, CEO, Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona
Maria Odom, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Faith Does Justice Award: "Mother" Jean Hale, community organizer and founding SHARE Food Network volunteer coordinator at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church

SOURCE Catholic Charities USA