By Kimberley Hefner Leave a Comment
By William Murray | Catholic Standard
Not everyone is called to martyrdom, but all are called to show the reality of God’s love, Catholic school students heard at a Black History Month-themed Mass on Feb. 6.
“We should see, staring back at us, the image and likeness of God,” when we look in the mirror, said Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell Jr., during his homily at the First Friday Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
By Kimberley Hefner Leave a Comment
The religious sister worked to advance the U.S. Church’s ministry toward Black Americans.
By Daniel Payne | EWTN News
The Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, this week officially closed its proceedings regarding the potential sainthood of Servant of God Sister Mary Thea Bowman, a Catholic convert whose work during the 20th century helped the U.S. Catholic Church refine its ministry toward Black American Catholics.
By Kimberley Hefner Leave a Comment
Sociologist Tia Noelle Pratt’s new book tells the story of Black Catholics’ immense contributions to the church in the United States.
“As a Black woman who has been a member of the Catholic Church all of her life, it never occurred to me while growing up that being both Black and Catholic was an anomaly,” writes sociologist Tia Noelle Pratt in the introduction to her new book, Black and Catholic: Racism, Identity, and Religion (Notre Dame Press). Despite having deep Catholic roots reaching back centuries, Pratt found herself frequently having to explain the existence of Black Catholics to people for whom Catholicism was either overtly or covertly coded as white.
By Kimberley Hefner Leave a Comment
By Jacqueline Burkepile | ChurchPop
February 11 is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, patroness of the sick.
The Blessed Mother gave us this devotion through Saint Bernadette Soubirous, a young and humble girl from Lourdes, France. Millions throughout the world love this devotion – with good reason!
By Kimberley Hefner Leave a Comment
By Jennifer Brinker | Detroit Catholic
JACKSON, Miss. (OSV News) — Servant of God Thea Bowman was a beacon for the Church to embrace more authentically the essence of what it means to be Catholic, Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz told Massgoers at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Jackson.
“To love the Lord your God with your whole heart, mind, soul and strength, and your neighbor as yourself portrays her lifelong commitment,” he said in his homily at a Feb. 9 Mass of thanksgiving marking the conclusion of the diocesan phase of Sister Thea’s canonization cause. “Her loving heart, her prophetic spirit, her brilliant mind and boundless stamina, even in illness, inspired many.”