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Racial Justice

Analysis: Going Forth and writing the vision of the 13th National Black Catholic Congress

July 27, 2023
By Carole Norris Greene
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!”

DeSantis defends Florida’s curriculum on slavery; draws Black, Catholic criticism

July 27, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican seeking his party’s presidential nomination in 2024, faced criticism after defending a controversial portion of Florida’s 2023 Social Studies curriculum suggesting “slaves developed skills” that could be used for their “personal benefit.”

Cardinal Gregory: Till memorial should inspire youth to ‘work for a better world’

July 26, 2023
By Mark Zimmermann
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, the Catholic Church’s first African American cardinal, reacted to President Joe Biden establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi and Illinois July 25, saying it was important to remember that youth’s brutal, tragic murder and his mother’s heroic quest for justice as the work for civil rights continues.

National Black Catholic Congress a moving experience for attendees

July 25, 2023
By Mark Zimmermann
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.

In National Black Catholic Congress workshop, Baltimore Black Catholic director confronts racism

July 24, 2023
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
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.

Baltimore woman at NBCC promotes hatching a new thing called ‘Fattening Houses’

July 24, 2023
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
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.

Eucharistic Congress a way for African Catholics to bridge continents, cultures

July 24, 2023
By Mark Pattison
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.

Eucharist should inspire work for justice, Cardinal Gregory says at Unity Mass for ANEC

July 23, 2023
By Richard Szczepanowski
Catholic Standard
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

At a July 22 Unity Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C,. for the fourth African National Eucharistic Congress, Cardinal Wilton Gregory urged congress participants to work for justice, to care for others and to protect the environment.

At African National Eucharistic Congress, Cardinal Gregory calls Eucharist ‘an incredible gift’ and ‘path to unity’

July 22, 2023
By Richard Szczepanowski
Catholic Standard
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Calling the Eucharist “an incredible gift that the Lord has given us,” Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said July 22 that the Most Blessed Sacrament unites all Catholics “no matter our language, liturgical style, or cultural expressions.”

At NBCC opening Mass, Cardinal Gregory stresses importance of visionaries

July 22, 2023
By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic Standard
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, National Black Congress, News, Racial Justice, World News

Celebrating the opening Mass for the National Black Catholic Congress meeting in the Washington, D.C., area on July 21, Cardinal Wilton Gregory emphasized the important role of visionaries in building a better world.

In keynote at National Black Catholic Congress, Cardinal Gregory says the Eucharist inspires ‘our prophetic call to love’

July 22, 2023
By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic Standard
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, National Black Congress, News, Racial Justice, World News

Addressing an estimated 3,000 African American Catholics from 80 dioceses across the United States gathered for Congress XIII of the National Black Catholic Congress in the Washington, D.C., area from July 20-23, Cardinal Wilton Gregory welcomed them to “a family reunion,” and encouraged them to center their lives on the Eucharist in order to bring Christ’s love and hope to the world.

At Black Catholic Congress Youth Town Hall, Cardinal Gregory and Bishop Steib discuss vocations, community and racism

July 21, 2023
By Catherine Buckler
Catholic Standard
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, National Black Congress, News, Racial Justice, World News

At a July 20 town hall gathering with Catholic youth at the National Black Catholic Congress XII, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory joined Bishop J. Terry Steib, the bishop emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee in encouraging young people to keep the faith and follow their dreams.

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