Fr. Tolton Celebration Mass in Columbia, April 18, 2021
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Deacon William Seibert, who assists the pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Jefferson City, will preach the homily at the Fr. Tolton Legacy Society’s sixth annual Fr. Tolton Celebration Mass
It will be at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 18, in the St. Thomas More Newman Center Chapel, 602 Turner Ave. in Columbia.
The event honors the diversity of one of God’s faithful servants, Venerable Father Augustus Tolton, who went from a childhood of slavery in Missouri to becoming the Roman Catholic Church’s first recognizably Black priest in the United States.
A guest vocalist and instrumentalist will lead the singing.
