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​Becoming Beloved Community
Celebrating Juneteenth 
June 23 Class


June 23 – The life and ministries of Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray was the first African American woman to be ordained to the priesthood in The Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church designated July 1 as a Feast Day to commemorate her life and ministry.  ​Bishop Doyle has invited the congregations in this diocese to commemorate Pauli Murray on Sunday, June 27.

On Wednesday, June 23, we continued our series honoring Juneteenth with a class to learn about Episcopal priest and human rights crusader Pauli Murray. In addition to being the first African American woman to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Murray spent her incredibly accomplished and courageous career organizing and leading the fight against Jim Crow laws, discrimination in education, and sex discrimination, just to name a few of her many accomplishments. She was named a "Holy Woman"--i.e., a saint--of the Episcopal church in 2012. The proclamation granting this recognition states:
 
“Pauli Murray (July 1,1910 – July 5, 1985) was the first African-American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood (1977). Growing up as a mixed-race person in the South, she became an advocate of ‘the universal cause of freedom,’ and throughout her life she worked tirelessly and with distinction as a lawyer, an advocate for civil and labor rights and feminism through her legal writings, essays and poetry.”
 
You are also invited to join us at St. John’s as we celebrate the Pauli Murray feast day on Sunday, June 27. Our services are at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. in English, and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish.

The June 23 class began with a slide presentation on the life of Pauli Murray.
We then viewed two videos.:
  • 1985 Interview of Pauli Murray from the CBS program "On the Road" with Charles Kuralt – National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
  • RBG Wanted People To Know More About One Of Her Legal Heroes | TIME
And then discussed the videos.

Click here to view resources on the life of Pauli Murray from the Diocese of Texas
Donate to the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship fund
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​11201 Parkfield Drive, Austin, TX 78758
​(the corner of Parkfield Drive and Braker Lane)

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