By Dan Stockman | Global Sisters Report

It began with mourning, but soon turned into dancing.

The joint conference of the National Black Sisters’ Conference; the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, which includes Black male religious such as brothers and friars; the National Black Catholic Seminarians Association and the National Association of Black Catholic Deacons and wives had been planned for months, but was thrown into limbo by the sudden death of Fr. Norman Fischer, president of the Clergy Caucus, July 14. He was 50 years old.