Father Albert J. McKnight Going Home Life Celebration
Prayer Service, Memorial Mass, Burial and Interment
To Be Held on May 27th and 28th, 2016
May 23, 2016
by Rod Sias
www.ZydecoOnline.com
Uniting the Zydeco Nation
Zydeco Nation,
A Going Home Life Celebration for Father Albert J. McKnight will be held over the course of two day beginning on Friday, May 27, 2016 with a Prayer and Eulogy Service at Holy Ghost Church Parish Life Hall in Opelousas, Louisiana from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. A memorial mass will be held in recognition of the life of service for Father Albert Albert J. McKnight on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana. A Burial and Interment Ceremony will be held at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church Cemetery in Carencro, Louisiana where Father Albert J. McKnight will be laid to rest immediately after the Memorial Mass.
Father Albert J. McKnight died peacefully on Sunday evening, April 17, 2016 at Marion Manor, Greentree Pennsylvania. He was 88 years old. He was member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit ( also known as the Spiritans or Holy Ghost Fathers) and professed his vows on Friday, August 15, 1947, and was ordained to the Priesthood on Friday, June 6, 1952.
Father Albert J. McKnight, affectionately known as "Mac" or "Father Mac" was perhaps one of the most influential spiritual and grass roots human rights activist within the last 60 years. His ministry as a Catholic priest, civil, social, and human rights activist, and his peaceful economic revolution among the poor and African American communities in not only Louisiana, but the rural South fundamentally changed the racist and oppressive economic structure that held millions of African American families in perpetual economic slavery, and redefined spirituality in general and Black Catholic spirituality in particular, as it related to social and economic justice for society's most vulnerable.
Among Father Albert J. McKnight's many contributions to uplift of the poor, he organized the Southern Consumers Cooperative, the first low income in the South, in Lafayette, Louisiana and had over 12,000 members throughout southern Louisiana and helped facilitate the organization and development of the Treasurers of Opelousas, a grassroots organization made up of local citizens from Opelousas, Louisiana who organize, started, and maintained The Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival in Plaisance, Louisiana, the first and oldest Zydeco Festival in the World.
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Prayer Service, Memorial Mass, Burial and Interment
To Be Held on May 27th and 28th, 2016
May 23, 2016
by Rod Sias
www.ZydecoOnline.com
Uniting the Zydeco Nation
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Prayer Service, Memorial Mass, Burial and Interment
for Father Albert Joseph McKnight
To Be Held on May 27th and 28th, 2016
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A Going Home Life Celebration for Father Albert J. McKnight will be held over the course of two day beginning on Friday, May 27, 2016 with a Prayer and Eulogy Service at Holy Ghost Church Parish Life Hall in Opelousas, Louisiana from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. A memorial mass will be held in recognition of the life of service for Father Albert Albert J. McKnight on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana. A Burial and Interment Ceremony will be held at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church Cemetery in Carencro, Louisiana where Father Albert J. McKnight will be laid to rest immediately after the Memorial Mass.
Father Albert J. McKnight died peacefully on Sunday evening, April 17, 2016 at Marion Manor, Greentree Pennsylvania. He was 88 years old. He was member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit ( also known as the Spiritans or Holy Ghost Fathers) and professed his vows on Friday, August 15, 1947, and was ordained to the Priesthood on Friday, June 6, 1952.
Father Albert J. McKnight, affectionately known as "Mac" or "Father Mac" was perhaps one of the most influential spiritual and grass roots human rights activist within the last 60 years. His ministry as a Catholic priest, civil, social, and human rights activist, and his peaceful economic revolution among the poor and African American communities in not only Louisiana, but the rural South fundamentally changed the racist and oppressive economic structure that held millions of African American families in perpetual economic slavery, and redefined spirituality in general and Black Catholic spirituality in particular, as it related to social and economic justice for society's most vulnerable.
Among Father Albert J. McKnight's many contributions to uplift of the poor, he organized the Southern Consumers Cooperative, the first low income in the South, in Lafayette, Louisiana and had over 12,000 members throughout southern Louisiana and helped facilitate the organization and development of the Treasurers of Opelousas, a grassroots organization made up of local citizens from Opelousas, Louisiana who organize, started, and maintained The Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival in Plaisance, Louisiana, the first and oldest Zydeco Festival in the World.
Thank You Father Albert Joseph McKnight
for walking the narrow road and showing us the importance of keeping our roots proud and strong!
You will be remembered and missed.
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| Statement issued by The Zydeco Historical and Preservation Society, Inc. on the passing of Father Albert. J. McKnight Read the Full Statement. |
Father Albert Joseph McKnight - Going Home Life Celebration!!!
“Spiritual Soldier for Social and Economic Justice”
August 18, 1927 – April 17, 2016
Going Home Life Celebration!!!
Prayer and Eulogy Service
Friday, May 27, 2016
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Holy Ghost Church Parish Life Hall
747 N. Union Street
Opelousas, Louisiana
Memorial Mass
Saturday, May 28, 2016
11:00am
Holy Ghost Catholic Church
747 N. Union Street
#Opelousas, #Louisiana
Burial and Interment
Saturday, May 28, 2016
After the Memorial Mass
Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church Cemetery
410 N. Michaud Street,
Carencro, Louisiana
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#ZydecoOnline
#ZHPS
#AJMcKnight
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