Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
The first four African Americans to be ordained Catholic priests at St. Augustine Seminary in Mississippi in 1934 “stood tall in the midst of segregated times,” said retired Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis, Tenn.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Racial Justice
For the second straight year, the archdiocese and MPT will support programming that celebrates the history, culture and innovations of HBCUs in the area and across the nation. HBCU Week on MPT begins Sept. 4 and airs through Sept. 10.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice
In the spot where his brother priests were arrested 60 years earlier for helping to desegregate a Baltimore County amusement park, Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., offered a prayer to heal racial divisions Aug. 27.
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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.
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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.
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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!”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!”
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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.
