Catholic Review
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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.
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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.
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Catholic Standard
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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.
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Catholic Standard
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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.
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Catholic Standard
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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.”
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Catholic Standard
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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.
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Catholic Standard
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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.
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Catholic Standard
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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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Archbishop William E. Lori, himself a delegate to the NBCC, said that the congress is and has been “vitally important” for the Archdiocese of Baltimore because it enables “the Black Catholic community to come together to acknowledge and share their gifts, to discuss pastoral needs and opportunities, and to plan for evangelization, to plan for exerting influence and even transformation in the life of the larger church, and particularly on issues of combating racism.”
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OSV News
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Three events in July are bringing Black and African Catholics from across the country together in faith, fellowship and a deeper understanding of missionary discipleship.
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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.
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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.
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