Gregory: World needs African Americans’ ‘strength of character’; it ‘resides within the souls of our people’ February 6, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2022By 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, 2022By 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.
