The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus (NBCCC)
Serves as a fraternity for Black Catholic Clergy and Religious to
support the spiritual, theological, educational, and ministerial
growth of its members. It is a vehicle to bring the contributions of
the Black Community to fruition within the Catholic Church. It wages
an attack on the institutional racism within the Catholic Church and
on the Church's support of White racism overall in the American Society.
The National Black Sisters' Conference was founded in 1968. We are a
national organization representing Black Catholic religious in the
United States. We the members of the National Black Sisters'
Conference, pledge ourselves to work unceasingly for the liberation of
black people. We black religious women see ourselves as gifted with
the choicest of God's blessings. The gift of our womanhood, that
channel through which the Son of God Himself chose to come into the
human race, endows us with those qualities and prerogatives, which are
designed for the deliverance of humanity.
President: Kathleen Merritt
Martha Carter Bailey
Fr. Fernand J. Cheri, III, OFM
Mary Leisring
Gwen Robinson
Web site: www.nabcaonline.org
The National Association of Black Catholic Administrators was founded
in 1976, is dedicated to provide a forum for Black Catholic
Administrators to gather and share their collective resources to
effectively address the spiritual needs, issues, and concerns facing
the African American communities we serve.
For the purpose of rendering service to God and His Holy Church; of
recognizing the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man;
particularly as these attributes are defined in the spiritual and
corporal works of mercy; of assisting the Hierarchy and the clergy of
the Roman Catholic Church in the Apostolic work to which they have
dedicated their lives by planning, promoting, sponsoring and executing
commendable works of Catholic Action wherever and whenever possible;
for giving edification by good example in deportment, in word and in
deed, especially to the youth who emulate these virtuous deeds; of
rendering mutual aid and assistance to its sick and disabled members;
of promoting such social and intellectual association among its
members, as shall be desired and proper, the Order of the Knights of
St. Peter Claver was called into being, and its organization effected.
The Knights of Peter Claver, Ladies' Auxiliary declare that the intent
and purpose of the Ladies' Auxiliary are to render service to God and
His Holy Church; to be faithful to its doctrines, to be sensitive to
the needs of the Church, the family, our fellowman and community; to
portray by example and deed the higher principles of Christian
Womanhood; to provide mutual aid and assistance to its members and
beneficiaries, and to promote Friendship, Unity, and Christian
Charity.
President: Brother Benedict Kelly, CSSR
The National Black Catholic Seminarians Association (NBCSA) prides
itself on the bonds of brotherhood, which our members share among
themselves and with their confreres in their respective houses of
formation. We seek to discern, identify and accentuate those
spiritual, cultural, and ecclesial experiences in which we share. Our
apostolic focus is on vocations and those who work with black
vocations. We hope to enterprise in gathering and mobilizing our
spiritual and cultural gifts for the good of the larger church. The
NBCSA mission is not an exclusive, separatist or militant
organization. But, one that is spiritually universal.
The mission of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies is to prepare
men and women for evangelical leadership in the Black Catholic
communities of the United States. To this end, the Institute offers
the Master of Pastoral Theology taught from a Black Catholic
perspective, and a cluster of Certificate and Enrichment programs.
African American
Bishops:
Most Rev. Leonard Olivier, SVD
Most Rev. Most Rev. John Ricard, SSJ
Most Rev. Joseph Perry
Web site: www.usccb.org
Secretariat for
Cultural Diversity in the Church
NBCC Observer:
Beverly A. Carroll, Assistant Director
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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