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Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman’s path to canonization takes important step forward
By Terry Dickson for the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration website
Servant of God Thea Bowman’s journey to sainthood reached a major milestone recently as the diocesan phase of her canonization cause came to an end. Bishop Joseph Kopacz was principal celebrant and homilist of a Feb. 9 Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Jackson, which was followed by the closing session. Concelebrants included Archbishop Mark Rivituso and retired Archbishop Thomas Rodi of Mobile, Alabama, and Bishop Steven Raica and retired Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham, Alabama, as well as priests from the Diocese of Jackson and neighboring dioceses.
Sister Thea (1937–1990) was an African American Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, educator, evangelist and dynamic witness to the Catholic faith. Born Bertha Elizabeth Bowman in Canton, Mississippi, she converted to Catholicism at age nine and later joined the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1953, becoming the only African American member of her community at the time.
New Orleans archbishop starts tenure with visit to grave of Venerable Henriette DeLille
By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger
Archbishop James Checchio of New Orleans, who officially took over the reins in the Crescent City archdiocese this week, began his tenure with a stop at the grave of an African-American Catholic on the path to sainthood.
Bishop Campbell celebrates Black History Month Mass for St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School
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.
Mississippi diocese advances canonization cause of Sister Thea Bowman
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.