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Black Catholic Ministry

Be disciples mindful of Jesus’ humanity, cardinal tells Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary

July 18, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

In order to consider the parables of Jesus Christ with empathy, keep in mind the fullness of Jesus’ humanity and ability to tell stories with a sense of humor, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said in a July 16 homily.

Take heart, press forward

July 13, 2023
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Racial Justice

Congress XIII participants can take heart from the consecrated men and women who for decades courageously spoke truth to power as they called for the inclusion of the cultural contributions of Black Catholics to the Catholic Church during those troubling times before the Baltimore-based National Black Catholic Congress Inc. (NBCC) was established.

‘The Ark and The Dove’ podcast explores racism and Black experience in Catholic Church

July 6, 2023
By Kyle Taylor
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

Taking its name from the two companion ships that brought English Catholic settlers to Maryland in 1634, the four-episode podcast features interviews with clergy and subject-matter experts as it examines the roles and experiences of Black Catholics in the church, and America as a whole.

‘Signs and times’: What about Sister Wilhelmina?

July 1, 2023
By Elizabeth Scalia
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Racial Justice

Since the discovery of Sister Wilhelmina’s intact remains, four aspects of the story have many asking, “What is happening and what does it mean?”

‘Exciting times’ for Baltimore and Oblate Sisters as Mother Lange’s sainthood cause advances

June 22, 2023
By Gerry Jackson
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints

Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore rejoiced June 22 at the prospects of one of their own moving closer to sainthood. Mother Lange, also the founder of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, was declared venerable when Pope France signed a decree recognizing her as having “lived the Christian virtues in a heroic way. “

Juneteenth offers important reminder to work for freedom, justice today, cardinal says

June 19, 2023
By Catherine Buckler
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

Oblate Sisters celebrate 10th anniversary of transfer of Mother Lange’s remains

June 5, 2023
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints

It’s been 10 years since the remains of Mother Mary Lange were transferred from New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore to the Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent Chapel of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Arbutus.

Head of bishops’ anti-racism committee praises investigations into racist histories

May 31, 2023
By Maria Wiering
OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Ahead of the U.S. bishops’ meeting in Orlando, Fla., June 14-16, Bishop Joseph N. Perry said that new investigations by church institutions into their involvement with slavery and Indian boarding schools are “very healthy” and aid a collective examination of conscience.

Thousands flock to Missouri for ‘electrifying’ visit to former Baltimore nun’s apparently incorrupt body

May 31, 2023
By Megan Marley
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

Nun’s incorruptible remains highlight rich heritage of Black Catholics in U.S., say experts

May 27, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

Finances bottleneck potential canonization of dozens of American saints and martyrs

May 2, 2023
By Kimberly Heatherington
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News

While only one Indigenous North American — St. Kateri Tekakwitha — has achieved it, the six American Black Catholics with causes underway have waited a total of 720 years for sainthood.

Silence, prayer and a long tradition of faith nurture Black Catholic vocations, says religious sister

April 29, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vocations, World News

Black Catholic religious vocations emerge from a long tradition of faith, nurtured by silence and prayer within the life of the church, said a religious sister at an event dedicated to those vocations.

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