Okaloosa Catholic group sets Black History Month service

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Catholic African-American Cultural Awareness Group of Okaloosa County's Black History Month celebration is set for 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, 110 St. Mary Avenue SW, Fort Walton Beach.

The celebration — themed, “God Is the Same; Yesterday, Today and Forever" — starts with singing by the Eglin Air Force Base Brotherhood Gospel Choir. Mass is at 2:30 p.m.,  with the combined choirs from St. Joseph and St. Anthony Parish of Pensacola.

The Rev.  Gregory L. Parkes, Pensacola-Tallahassee bishop, will be the main celebrant. The Rev. Anthony Bozeman,  pastor of  St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Parish, New Orleans, will give the homily.

A reception will follow in the Monsignor Mullins Parish Life Center.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Okaloosa Catholic group sets Black History Month service