Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
By
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.
By
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice
At St. Mary’s Cemetery in Howard County, a project is underway to revitalize the final resting place of enslaved people.
By
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice
In recent months, several cemeteries at parishes in the archdiocese have been discovered to have been the final resting place of enslaved people.
By
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints
The Baltimore City Council passed a resolution Oct. 30 honoring the Oblate Sisters of Providence for their 194 years of service. The resolution, supported by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was presented on the 191st anniversary of the death of Oblate Sister Anthony Duchemin. Sister Anthony cared for Baltimore Archbishop James Whitfield when he was struck with the disease.
By
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
When Jeremy Alexander found out in 2016 about his family’s connection to slavery and the Jesuits he was sitting at his desk at work at Georgetown University, the institution connected to the story of his ancestors’ bondage and separation and their descendants’ ultimate reunion.
By
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News
On a day when history was made 60 years earlier with the March on Washington, Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in the nation’s capital, noted that the campus ministry program there was making history of its own, with the blessing and dedication of its new Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center.
By
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice
The Reclamation Project’s Southern Maryland GU272 – Jesuit Enslaved Descendant Gathering over the Labor Day weekend drew hundreds of people who, in addition to touring the plantations and historic churches in that region, also gathered at St. Mary’s College in St. Mary’s City for presentations from scholars and testimonies from fellow descendants.
By
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
Sixty years after the March on Washington, there is still work to be done to make the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality, a Georgetown University panel said Aug. 28.
By
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.
By
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.
By
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
Sixty years later “what’s pretty clear is that racism, ignorance and fear are still with us.”
By
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Racial Justice, World News
A Florida Catholic bishop condemned a racially motivated shooting that took place late Aug. 26 at a Dollar General store Aug. 26 in Jacksonville, saying, “Violence and bigotry have no place in our hearts or our society.”
