HUMAN RIGHTS EUCHARIST DECEMBER 10, 12:15 PM ST. MARTIN'S CHAPEL HONORING ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
The Diocese of New York is initiating grassroots observances of a new feast day honoring Eleanor Roosevelt, to be held annually on the United Nations’ Human Rights Day. Roosevelt (d. 1962) served as the First Lady of the United States (1933–1945), then as the country’s first Delegate to a newly formed United Nations. She chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights, whose members found unity under her leadership to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly adopted the Declaration, which set forth fundamental human rights to be universally protected.
The Cathedral will be among several congregations across the diocese observing this new local feast day. Our liturgy will be a typical mid-day Eucharist in St. Martin’s Chapel, beginning at 12:15 p.m. and concluding by 1:00 p.m., yet will include readings and prayers appropriate for Human Rights Day and in remembrance of Eleanor Roosevelt. These will include a reading of the entire Declaration, and you will be invited to participate. Hearing the Declaration read aloud is both quite moving and an expression of our commitment today to respect, and advocate for, as Eleanor Roosevelt did, the rights and dignity of all people.
