by Macie Capote | Clarion Herald
In a historic gathering at Loyola University New Orleans, five African-American presidents of Catholic universities joined together Feb. 17 for a panel titled the “Five Presidents Forum.”
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To experience true relationship with God in the liturgy, faithful’s participation cannot be passive, pope says
By OSV News
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and silent spectators,” Pope Leo XIV said.
“Why Black Catholic Musicians Should Study Gregorian Chant”
Dr. Darrell St. Romain, a scholar and organist, reflects on studying Gregorian chant and its potential to enrich Black Catholic worship.
By Dr. Darell St. Romain, Guest Writer | Black Catholic Messenger
Introduction: The Crucible of Black Catholic Culture
My identity as a church musician was forged in the rich crucible of the Black Catholic aesthetic. Growing up during the 1990s and 2000s at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I received all my sacraments of initiation within a parish community that remains the spiritual home of my parents, stepmother, and grandparents today. This era was arguably a contemporary golden age for Black Catholicism in the United States—a period marked by vibrant community growth and the prominent leadership of active African American Bishops presiding over their own dioceses. St. Paul’s was, and remains, a quintessential Black Catholic parish, staffed by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), a missionary congregation historically renowned for producing the largest number of African American Bishops in the country.
Cardinal Ritter helped shape her. Now she shapes it
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When Tamiko Armstead first heard about Cardinal Ritter College Prep, she didn’t know such a place existed.
Her parents were determined to send their children to Catholic schools, but Armstead’s experience in predominantly white Catholic elementary schools left her frustrated.
Fulton Sheen, the love of God and the civil rights movement
By | America Magazine
As a Black American growing up in segregated Mobile, Ala., 11-year-old Jerome Gary Cooper likely never imagined that he would meet a future Catholic saint. He certainly never thought that a famous radio personality—then-Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen—would travel under police escort down the humble dirt road to Cooper’s house. But that brief visit in 1948 changed the trajectory of Cooper’s life.