Radio Interview: Podcast about Black Catholics – Ark and Dove August 21, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview Ark and Dove is a five-episode narrative podcast, produced in Baltimore, investigating the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Church.
Years pass, the questions echo: Are Black Catholics truly ‘seen and heard’? August 2, 2023By Ansel Augustine OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, National Black Congress, Racial Justice July 2023 was a busy month for Black (specifically African American) Catholics.
Analysis: Going Forth and writing the vision of the 13th National Black Catholic Congress July 27, 2023By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, National Black Congress, Racial Justice The 3,000-strong congress attendees were jubilant during Mass as they sang along with the 90-member choir belting out “We’ve come this far by faith!”
Feasting at and through the 13th black Catholic Congress exhibits July 25, 2023By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, National Black Congress Perusing the offerings at the exhibit hall open throughout each day of the 13th National Black Catholic Congress was a welcome task for attendees.
National Black Catholic Congress a moving experience for attendees July 25, 2023By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, National Black Congress, News, Racial Justice, World News Adrienne Curry, the director of the Office of Black Catholic Ministries in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, noted that her diocese’s delegation included 76 people.
In National Black Catholic Congress workshop, Baltimore Black Catholic director confronts racism July 24, 2023By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, National Black Congress, News, Racial Justice Adrienne Curry, director of the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministries, didn’t hold back any punches in her talk about the Catholic Church’s response to racism that she gave at the recent 13th National Black Catholic Congress.
Baltimore woman at NBCC promotes hatching a new thing called ‘Fattening Houses’ July 24, 2023By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, National Black Congress, News, Racial Justice Noted lecturer, author, leader in the national Black Catholic movement and Baltimore native Therese Wilson Favors was among nearly 90 presenters at the 13th National Black Catholic Congress held at National Harbor, Md., in July.
At National Black Catholic Congress closing Mass, participants urged to keep flame of faith burning July 24, 2023By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, National Black Congress, News, World News Sending forth the participants of the 13th National Black Catholic Congress at their July 23 closing Mass in the Washington, D.C., area, Bishop John H. Ricard offered them an admonition that he said he learned from his days as a youth camping in the woods – “Don’t let the fire go out!”
Eucharistic Congress a way for African Catholics to bridge continents, cultures July 24, 2023By Mark Pattison Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The African National Eucharistic Congress allows Africa-born Catholics in the diaspora to do something that would have been nearly impossible to do in their homelands: to meet their fellow African Catholics and learn about their cultures while growing in the Lord’s love.
Eucharist should inspire work for justice, Cardinal Gregory says at Unity Mass for ANEC July 23, 2023By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News At a July 22 Unity Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C,. for the fourth African National Eucharistic Congress, Cardinal Wilton Gregory urged congress participants to work for justice, to care for others and to protect the environment.
At African National Eucharistic Congress, Cardinal Gregory calls Eucharist ‘an incredible gift’ and ‘path to unity’ July 22, 2023By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Calling the Eucharist “an incredible gift that the Lord has given us,” Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said July 22 that the Most Blessed Sacrament unites all Catholics “no matter our language, liturgical style, or cultural expressions.”
At NBCC opening Mass, Cardinal Gregory stresses importance of visionaries July 22, 2023By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, National Black Congress, News, Racial Justice, World News Celebrating the opening Mass for the National Black Catholic Congress meeting in the Washington, D.C., area on July 21, Cardinal Wilton Gregory emphasized the important role of visionaries in building a better world.
