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Black Catholic Ministry

Gregory: World needs African Americans’ ‘strength of character’; it ‘resides within the souls of our people’

February 6, 2023
By Richard Szczepanowski
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

Celebrating a Feb. 5 Mass in honor of Black History Month, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory urged “ordinary people of color” to “vastly improve our world with an understanding of the strength of character that resides within the souls of our people.”

RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns

February 6, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview

In this encore episode, presented during Black History Month, the Catholic Review speaks with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.

Living my Lenten discipline through the lessons of Black History Month

February 1, 2023
By Effie Caldarola
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Racial Justice

King’s long-ago observation rang true: The 11 o’clock hour on Sunday is the most segregated in America.

Memories of a saint

February 1, 2023
By Adrienne Curry
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Feature, Racial Justice

Throughout her life, Sister Thea pioneered the rights of African Americans in the Catholic Church and refused to accept the racial injustices she witnessed within her community.

Archdiocese launches anti-racism program: ‘In God’s Image: A Racial Justice Journey for All’

January 31, 2023
By Gerry Jackson
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

The archdiocese plans to kick off its “In God’s Image: A Racial Journey for All” program with a prayer service at St. Bernardine in West Baltimore Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

‘It’s a peace walk, we are praying’: Nearly 100 gather at St. Bernardine on MLK Jr. Day

January 17, 2023
By Mitzy Deras
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

Parishioners and guests of St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore sang the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the beginning of a prayer service Jan. 16 at noon, during the parish’s 10th annual Peace Walk in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monsignor Edward Michael Miller.

Catholics must be ‘active participants’ in MLK’s ‘unfinished’ work, Cardinal Gregory says at Mass

January 16, 2023
By Richard Szczepanowski
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is best honored when people “recall to mind and heart that the issues Dr. King placed before our nation have not been adequately accomplished,” and strive to continue his work, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said during a Jan. 15 Mass honoring the legacy of the late civil rights leader.

Like MLK, Catholics are called by Christ to move ‘from altar to street’

January 16, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

As the nation celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 16, both personal conversion and action are needed to build what the slain civil rights leader called “the beloved community,” said Catholic clergy and lay leaders.

‘His memory still resonates’: Franciscan sister recalls MLK’s deathbed

January 16, 2023
By Robert Alan Glover
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

As the U.S. observes Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, Sister Jane Marie Klein, 84, looks back on the tragic night he was murdered and how it stayed with her.

Catholics ‘must act’ for racial justice to honor MLK, says USCCB president

January 15, 2023
By Our Sunday Visitor
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Archbishop Broglio noted that while society has made progress toward “a just society that leaves no one on the margins” in the 60 years since Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, nevertheless “much work remains.”

White involvement in racial justice work is key, Catholic leaders say

December 31, 2022
By Chaz Muth
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Although 2020 protests addressing racial disparity followed more than a century of civil liberty struggles in the U.S., more white Americans have been among the crowds of demonstrators in the more recent movement demanding racial equality than in the past, something many Catholic leaders believe is key.

Cardinal Gregory blesses parish cemetery marker honoring enslaved

December 1, 2022
By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory blessed a parish cemetery’s memorial plaque honoring the unknown enslaved people buried there, Nov. 26, he noted the poignancy of his participation in the service at St. Peter Claver Parish in St. Inigoes.

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