Black Catholic Saint Feast Day: St. Moses the Black (Aug 28) – Brief Personal Reflection on His Feast Day
Today the Church in the West (Latin Rite) celebrates the sainthood of a Black Catholic saint – St. Moses the Black, also called St. Moses the Ethiopian (330-405), a fourth century Desert Father and ascetic monk who lived a life of notable sanctity after a life of crime. He was once a robber in a…
ARTICLE SHARE: “Black Catholics See Continued Progress on the Road to Canonization for ‘Saintly Six’” (National Catholic Register)
While there are in fact a number of Black Catholic saints (individuals of African heritage/descent that have lived holy Catholic lives and have been canonized) there are no African American Catholic saints as of yet. However, there are currently six Black American holy ones who are on the path to being canonized as saints with…
Brief Word On Matrimony and Black Marriage
A couple of weeks I saw a picture of Black Catholic newlyweds on my FB social media extension and it inspired me to say this then with a small edit and addition. There are often calls for prayers to vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Those are well and good. Keep praying for these…
Revamped Black Catholic Saints Page
Like I have stated on a couple of previous posts back and I made a lot of revisions to the organization of my website. I added new pages and revised existing ones. One of the pages that I revamped was my page that featured Black Catholic Saints and Black Catholic holy ones that could be…
Check Out These Other Black Catholic Voices Out There
Mostly last month I made not only some updates in my branding but some updates in the organization of my website. I shifted things around on the site, which involved moving pages around to different areas, adding new pages, shifting content to another page, deleting some page, and other things. One of the major things…
Brief Personal Reflection on St. Martin De Porres
Learning about Black Catholic St. Martin’s life I see so much about it that parallels the black experience. He checks a number of boxes of issues that we as Black people have faced in the past and some still face today. Let’s see from the facts pulled from his life. – born out of wedlock, parents…
ARTICLE SHARE: “Quinn was ‘quintessential priest’ (The Irish Eco)” – Story of Fr. Bernard Quinn who spent his life ministering Brooklyn’s Black Catholics
Shared this on my social media last week: I’ve never heard of the awesome story of Fr. Bernard Quinn who spent his priesthood in undying service to minister to Black Catholics in Brooklyn. His story is fire. He brought Jesus’s love to Black souls, fought the racism present in the Church at the time, faced…
Brief Personal Reflection on Ven. Fr. Tolton
Yesterday, the Tolton Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community wrapped up on the nine days leading up to the 124th anniversary of the death of Fr. Augustus Tolton (July 1-9th). I feel it is good to repost a brief reflection about him that I wrote in the past. Enjoy. I think…
Tolton Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community (July 1-July 9) [124th Anniversary of Tolton’s Death] – Day 9: FOR MORE VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, DIACONATE, AND CONSECRATED LIFE FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY
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The Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community – Day 9 Begin each Prayer with: One Our Father One Apostle’s Creed Three Hail Marys NINTH PRAYER: FOR MORE VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, DIACONATE, AND CONSECRATED LIFE FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY O’ Father Augustus Tolton intercede for us and pray that as the…
Tolton Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community (July 1-July 9) [124th Anniversary of Tolton’s Death] – Day 8: FOR MORE CATHOLIC EVANGELISTS TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY
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The Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community – Day 8 Begin each Prayer with: One Our Father One Apostle’s Creed Three Hail Marys EIGHTH PRAYER: FOR MORE CATHOLIC EVANGELISTS TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY O’ Father Augustus Tolton, who always sought out new opportunities to reach out to the community, pray O’…