Documentary captures history-making moments in Calvert Hall basketball March 8, 2022By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Schools, Sports “No Limits,” a book about Calvert Hall basketball, was received so well that Mark Amatucci and his co-authors decided to enter uncharted territory by making a documentary film tackling the same subject matter.
Pioneering Baltimorean was nation’s first Black woman to receive an officer’s commission in the Air Force February 24, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Schools Ortega made history by becoming the nation’s first African American woman directly commissioned as a U.S. Air Force officer.
Research shows original congregations of Sisters of Charity owned slaves February 15, 2022By Dan Stockman Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News New research from public records and congregation and diocesan archives has found that six congregations of the Sisters of Charity Federation have predecessors who owned slaves.
Louisville, Ky., archbishop retires; pope names Black bishop as successor February 8, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, and appointed as his successor Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana.
Reject racism to ‘live the way’ Creator intended us to live, cardinal says February 4, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News People must “reject all forms of racism, bigotry and injustice” and recognize “we are each made by God and are deserving of respect and dignity because of just that,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said Feb. 3.
Xavier University of Louisiana receives bomb threats Feb. 1 February 2, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Xavier University of Louisiana was among a group of several historically Black colleges and universities in the United States that received bomb threats.
Bishop: Imitate Rev. King’s ‘prophetic witness’ in work for civil rights justice January 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News WASHINGTON (CNS) — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged all people of goodwill to commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Jan. 17 holiday named for him by remembering “not only the justice he pursued, but how he pursued it.” The civil rights leader […]
Racial Justice Circle, Mass and rally among Martin Luther King Jr. Day event highlights January 13, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebrated Jan. 17, the following events will be offered in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Celebrations begin Jan. 15, running through Jan. 17, with both in-person and virtual options.
‘All in and ready to go’: Loyola University Maryland’s first lay president ready to take the helm December 16, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Becoming the first lay president in Loyola University Maryland’s nearly 170-year history weighs on Terrence Sawyer – in a good way.
My Advent pilgrimage to the gravesite of Sister Thea Bowman December 9, 2021By Shannen Dee Williams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice In these trying times, one can only wonder what Sister Thea, an unapologetic champion of Black life, mothers, families and social equality, might say about the current state of our bitterly divided nation and church.
Canadian bishops, Indigenous leaders postpone Vatican meeting December 7, 2021By Michael Swan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News The long-planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being put off while everybody learns more about the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a joint release from three Indigenous organizations involved in the trip and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Catholic Church taking fresh look at ministry on HBCU campuses December 7, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The church is taking a fresh look at ministry at the United States’ historically Black colleges and universities.
