[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1009-E1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING FATHER MARTIN CARTER

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 3, 1998

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Father Martin Carter 
who has dedicated his life to the ministry.
  Father Martin Carter is a native of High Point, North Carolina and a 
priest of the Society of the Atonement. He holds a doctorate of 
ministry from McCormick Seminary, Chicago, Illinois. His seminary 
studies were completed at Pope John XXIII National Seminary, Weston, 
Massachusetts, where he earned a master of divinity with a bachelor of 
arts degree from Chicago State University, with a concentration in 
psychology and counseling.
  Father Martin has ministered in several countries in Africa, Europe, 
and the Caribbean. He presently serves as Director of the Office of 
Black Ministry in the Brooklyn Diocese. His work has been published in 
the New Catholic Encyclopedia, The Jurist, Journal of the Society of 
the Atonement Ecumenical Trends and various magazines and newspapers. 
He has also coauthored a book that describes the African custom of 
Kujenga, a growth and leadership rite. The book, entitled Kujenga: 
Black Catholic Youth Leadership

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Conference, now serves as an educational tool for many black children 
and their parents.
  Father Martin uses his education to reach out to communities 
everywhere. Through his faithful service, he has worked with the Faith 
and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches. At this meeting, 
he represented African American Catholics and submitted a report 
entitled ``The Unity of the Church and the Renewal of Human 
Community.''
  Father Martin's extraordinary contributions to the community have 
merited him numerous awards and honors. North Carolina State University 
bestowed him with a community service award and Shaw University awarded 
him with a Salute to Greatness Award for his ministry as director of 
the Office for Black Ministry, Evangelization, and Episcopal Vicar for 
African American Catholics.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring Father Martin Carter for his 
valuable contributions to the community.

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