Black Catholic Ministry

Celebrating a special Mass June 18 at Mount Calvary Parish in Forestville to commemorate the next day’s Juneteenth federal holiday, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said that historic event offers an important reminder to work for freedom and justice.

Thousands flocked to a rural Missouri monastery over the Memorial Day weekend to venerate the apparently incorrupt body of a Benedictine nun with visitors telling OSV News the experience has been spiritually powerful for them.

The recent discovery of a Black American nun’s apparently incorrupt remains in Missouri highlights the rich heritage of Black Catholics in the U.S., experts told OSV News.

Catholic leaders, community leaders, former students and members of the community gathered inside Central Catholic High School’s gym in Wheeling to celebrate the history of the former Blessed Martin de Porres Catholic School for African American boys and girls.

The National Black Catholic Congress XIII will be held July 20-23 at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, just outside the District of Columbia.