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Written by Sandra Dibble | OSV News

TIJUANA, Mexico (OSV News) — Antonia Brenner was twice divorced and had raised seven children when she gave up her comfortable life in Southern California to live in a small prison cell in the border city of Tijuana.

The onetime Beverly Hills resident became a nun at age 50, and for more than three decades devoted her life to serving not only those behind bars, but also others on the outside who were poor, sick, and vulnerable.

Twelve years after her death at age 86, members of her religious community are launching an effort to canonize Mother Antonia.

By Christopher Gunty | Catholic Review

The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors filed a joint motion Dec. 10 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court that stipulates that the archdiocese will not use charitable immunity as a defense in the case.

The State of Maryland allows the defense of charitable immunity, based on the idea that it would be unfair for charitable organizations to pay for civil damages arising from lawsuits with funds received from donors, according to the People’s Law Library of Maryland.

By Catholic Review Staff

George Matysek talks with Father Maurice Henry Sands, executive director of the U.S. Bishops’ Black and Indian Mission Office in Washington, D.C. A priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit and a member of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi tribes, Father Sands brings a deeply personal perspective to the Church’s long history with Native and African American communities.

Father Sands reflects on his upbringing in a First Nations community, his family’s enduring Catholic roots dating back generations and the often-untold stories of Indigenous Catholics who embraced the faith with heroic courage. He also discusses the Catholic Church’s ongoing efforts toward healing and reconciliation with Native peoples, including recent gestures from Popes Francis and Leo XIV.

NCBS has received a $50,000.00 grant from the Tides Foundation to engage in community projects/activities related to helping communities “envision a world of shared prosperity and social justice founded on equality and human rights, sustainable environment, quality education, and healthy individuals and communities.  With this kind of support, communities can engage the young and elderly in conversations and activities that help them remember and understand how African Americans and African descended peoples have created and implemented ideas related to historical and cultural freedoms in the past and in this current moment.

Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice is joining Prince George’s County, Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus, and the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services in their efforts to honor the 200+ Black lives buried in a recently discovered abandoned grave site. 

The Forgotten Children Initiative says it is committed to “honoring the memory of incarcerated youth buried in abandoned and lost burial grounds throughout the United States.”