

With firsthand knowledge he speaks to his audiences from the perspective of an African American who grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s and 1950s. Besides his assigned parish, he is the Chaplin at Hartford’s Capital Community College and Adjunct faculty for Holy Family Retreat Center in West Hartford and Our Lady of Calvary Retreat Center in Farmington, CT.Īt public forums, houses of worship, schools and universities across the country, Deacon Miller addresses issues of social injustice. Currently he is the director of the Office for Black Catholic Ministries. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1966 and received his MBA from DePaul University in 1972. Martin Luther King Jr., he believes that as part of the great human experience, no one can sit idly tolerant of the great injustices that happen anywhere in the world.ĭeacon is an author, radio, and former television host, Vietnam-era veteran and veteran civil rights worker. Miller was ordained for the Archdiocese of Hartford in 2004. King’s nonviolence philosophy and to this day addresses 21st-century examples of the societal tendency to embrace violence. The 17th Annual MLK Day Celebration will feature a keynote address from Deacon Art Miller.ĭeacon Miller is a certified trainer in Dr.
