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Martin Luther King Jr. (CNS)

Every year, Catholics from around the Phoenix Diocese honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a Mass. This year is no different.

Today at 2 p.m. festivities will begin at St. Mary’s Basilica in downtown Phoenix. Mass will begin at 3 p.m.

While King wasn’t a Catholic, Isaiah “Kit” Marshall, director of the diocesan Office of Black Catholic Ministry, said it’s important for everyone to remember his contributions to the civil rights cause of the 1960s.

“Dr. King took on the battle of trying to change the laws and customs throughout the South,” Marshall said in an interview with The Catholic Sun. “He put his life on the line for us and he inspired people like me and others.”