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St. Charles Lwanga Center

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Mission Statement: The mission of the St. Charles Lwanga Center is to promote Christian spiritual formation and leadership development within the African American Catholic Community and for all who collaborate with the Center, in accord with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in the tradition of the Catholic Church.

Top Row, left to right: Fr. Art Cavitt, Chaplain; Jane Wexler Brown, Executive Director; Margaret Washington, Administrative Assistant.

Bottom Row, left to right: Corliss J. Cox, Senior Coordinator, Youth Ministry; Norman A. Williams, Business Manager/Coordinator of Marriage Ministry; Clarice Willis, Volunteer (Lwanga Angel) and Lwanga's 2007 recipient of the Cardinal Rigali Service Award.

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Latest News

Lwanga Center Host Its 27th Annual Awards Testimonial Dinner

Posted on February 12, 2010 - 2:56pm

Sunday, March 21, 2010, the Lwanga Center will recognize the following honorees for their notable contributions to parishes and the local community as they have traveled along the paths of Social Justice and educating students in the Catholic tradition:

  • Fr. Richard Creason, Pastor of Most Holy Trinity, will receive the Fr. Ed Feuerbacher Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Sister Pat Bober, CSJ, Saints Teresa and Bridget Youth Ministry – Trailblazer Award
  • Mrs. Carrie Brown, St. Elizabeth, MOJTB – Trailblazer Award
  • Mr. Eric Clark, Principal, Loyola Academy – Trailblazer Award

Dinner tickets are $50.00 each. Rounds of 10 can be purchased for $500.00. We also offer a limited number of 50/50 Raffle tickets for $10.00 each. Our Second Annual Silent Auction opens at 2:30 p.m. The program begins promptly at 4 p.m.

In addition to the above honorees, each sponsoring parish is invited to select an adult and youth honoree as representative for their respective parish.  You are invited to join us as we celebrate with our honorees. Please contact the Lwanga Center for more specific details:

email: info@lwangacenter.org or via telephone 314.367.7929.

Teens Making a Difference in Support of Social Justice

Posted on January 19, 2010 - 4:47pm

To celebrate our youth in action for social justice, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson will present the 3rd Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Model of Justice Award to 23 high school students following the 34thAnnual Mass to commemorate the birth and legacy of Dr. King. Mass will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis with Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson as the Celebrant and Reverend Prentice A. Tipton, Jr. as the Homilist, Sunday, January 17, 2010. A Reception and the Awards Presentation Ceremony will immediately follow Mass in Boland Hall. All are invited to join us to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and support the following awardees for the notable work they are contributing in making the world a better place for all mankind. The awardees are listed in the PDF file below.

2010 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Model of Justice Awardees

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