By Gina Christian | CatholicPhilly.com

An upcoming webinar is looking to ready Black Catholics for a national gathering in July 2023 – and that year of preparation signals “we’ve got work to do,” said an archdiocesan priest.

Father Stephen Thorne, chairperson of the archdiocesan Commission on Racial Healing, will host a July 31 information session on the 13th National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC), to be held July 20-23, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland.