Black Catholic Saint Feast Day: St. Benedict the Moor, O.F.M., “The Holy Black” (April 4) – Brief Personal Reflection on His Feast Day

Today the Church celebrates the feast day of Black Catholic saint Benedict the Moor (1526-1589), a Sicilian Franciscan friar of slave origin. In his early life Benedict was often ridiculed by others for his humble background and for his skin color, but he bore this suffering patiently in a truly dignified and Christian way. Benedict,…

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Tolton Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community (April 1-April 9) [168th Anniversary of The Birth of Tolton] – Day 4: FOR PEACE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY (APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022)

APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022 The Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community – Day 4 Begin each Prayer with: One Our Father One Apostle’s Creed Three Hail Marys FOURTH PRAYER: FOR PEACE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY O’ Father Augustus Tolton, servant of Peace, pray for an end of all…

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Deep Lent

Ladies and gents, if you came to church this morning and saw the statues and pictures in your parishes covered with cloths, then you know we have entered into Passiontide, what I will refer to as “Deep Lent”. The further we go into Lent the deeper we progress into the reason for Lent in the…

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Tolton Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community (April 1-April 9) [168th Anniversary of The Birth of Tolton] – Day 3: FOR THE STABILITY AND STRENGTH OF MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY (APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022)

APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022 The Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community – Day 3 Begin each Prayer with: One Our Father One Apostle’s Creed Three Hail Marys THIRD PRAYER: FOR THE STABILITY AND STRENGTH OF MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY Strong families and marriages are the…

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Tolton Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community (April 1-April 9) [168th Anniversary of The Birth of Tolton] – Day 2: FOR THE MORAL FORMATION OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY (APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022)

APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022 The Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community – Day 2 Begin each Prayer with: One Our Father One Apostle’s Creed Three Hail Marys SECOND PRAYER: FOR THE MORAL FORMATION OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY Pray O’ Father Augustus Tolton, teacher of truth, for the moral…

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Tolton Novena for the Spiritual Welfare of the Black American Community (April 1-April 9) [168th Anniversary of The Birth of Tolton] Begins Today! – Day 1: FOR THE SPIRITUAL ANCHORING OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY (APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022)

APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022 I may be a little too late for the zoom meeting part for the first day, but the Tolton Ambassadors will be hosting the praying of the Tolton novena for the first nine days of April, Father Augustus Tolton Month for my apostolate. Father Augustus Tolton Month celebrations…

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