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Solemn Vespers and Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop John Ricard, SSJ
Solemn Vespers for Bishop John H. Ricard will take place on June 4th at 6PM EDT. View the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/M4aE5AcqC-w Mass of Christian burial will take place on June 5th at 12noon EDT. View the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/AEeNRHA6th0 #SolemnVespersBishopJohnRicard #ReposeofBishopJohnRicard
Mass of Transferal for Most Reverend John H. Ricard, SSJ
If you were unable to attend the Mass of Transferal For Most Reverend John H. Ricard, SSJ, or view the livestream, the recording is available for you to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxHuS4s-3HM
Bishop Ricard, first Black bishop to serve as Baltimore auxiliary and cousin of Archbishop Fabre, dies at 86
By Barb Fraze, Catholic Review/OSV News
Retired Bishop John H. Ricard, the first Black bishop to be an auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and to head the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, died May 20 at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Washington.
Bishop Ricard, also a nationally respected advocate for racial justice and a cousin of Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre, was 86.
Young Carmelite from Cameroon is now known as “venerable”
By Philip Kosloski | Aleteia
At the moment, there are no native canonized saints from Cameroon, but over the past decade several causes for canonization have progressed and are closer to an official proclamation of sainthood.
One such cause involves a young Carmelite friar who died in 2006 at the age of 24. Recently Pope Leo XIV declared him “venerable,” recognizing his life of “heroic virtue.”