St. Charles Lwanga Center
The images of Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 were depicted around the world. The shooting of Michael Brown opened wounds that clearly displayed the explosive need for racial healing, a better sense of equity for the disenfranchised and from the point of view of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the need for an awareness of God to see us through.
These sentiments were captured during a Saturday after in February as the St. Charles Lwanga Center, which is the Archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministries, hosted an evangelized viewing and discussion of the locally award winning film, "Where the Pavement Ends". Directed by Jane Gillooly, the documentary displayed the relationship between the historically all-black town of Kinloch and its geographic neighbor Ferguson. The event was held in downtown Ferguson's Savoy Banquet Center. Previously, this venue was a movie theatre that did now allow black patrons.
The Black History Month Event was inclusive of prayer, viewing of the film, question and answer session and commentary between the audience and persons who were on screen and narrators within the documentary. The predominantly black, but racially diverse audience seemed receptive and enlightened in an atmosphere that was very demonstrative in its prayerful experience.
