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King's message of inclusion lauded at Mass

The Rev. Jacob Onyumbe, transitional deacon from the

Photo credit: Steve Pfost | The Rev. Jacob Onyumbe, transitional deacon from the Congo, speaks during a ceremony. Our Holy Redeemer Church in Freeport hosted a birthday celebration Mass in recognition of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan. 15, 2012)

The message of inclusion and empathy spread by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was reinforced Sunday in a Mass dedicated to the late civil rights leader at Freeport's Our Holy Redeemer Church.

"He was a hero. He did great things. He ended discrimination," the Rev. Jacob Onyumbe, a transitional deacon, said in a guest homily. "He stood up for a minority. He stood up for a people that couldn't...

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