REPOST: Black (And Catholic) Like Me 3: St. Josephine Bakhita (Black History Month 2021)
This is a great repost for Black History Month 2021. Today is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita! And during Black History Month, no less! Learn more about St. Bakhita and the radical life of love she lived and why her life encapsulates “From Slavery of the Body to Freedom of the Soul.” ————————–JMJ————————–…
Prod. By BLACKCATHOLIC – 5: Three Black Holy Ones Everyone Should Know About (For uCatholic)[Black History Month 2020]
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Prod. by BLACKCATHOLIC series synopsis: I write for other Catholic platforms too. When I have articles published elsewhere I will have some of them previewed here and will provide a link to the full article on the original site of the post. Check out more posts from of this article-series here. Special Series: Black History…
Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics 2 – Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman (Black Catholic History Month 2019)
This is the second edition of a new article-series I am starting called “Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics.” This series is simply posts featuring a quote said either by or at least in relation to Black/African Catholics and Black Catholicism. The quote itself maybe be from a historical figure/document or…
Black (And Catholic) Like Me 5: Servant Of God Julia Greeley – Black Body, Sacred Heart (Black Catholic History Month 2019)
Here’s the second Black saint featured for Black Catholic History Month 2019 and the 5th installment of my article-series Black (And Catholic) Like Me: Servant Of God Julia Greeley Article-series synopsis: Black (And Catholic) Like Me is article-series that features a Black Catholic saint from history (or soon to be one) and tells a little about him/her…
Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics 1 (Black Catholic History Month 2019) [New Article-Series!]
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Article-series introduction: This is the very first edition of a new article-series I am starting called “Let ’em Speak On It: Notable Quotes From Black Catholics.” This series is simply posts featuring a quote said either by or at least in relation to Black/African Catholics and Black Catholicism. The quote itself maybe be from a…
Prod. By BLACKCATHOLIC – 4: “God is Dead: For the Good Fridays and Holy Saturdays of Our Lives” (For Laudare)
Here’s an article I wrote for Laudare in 2017 that fits the occasion of Holy Saturday: “God is Dead: For the Good Fridays and Holy Saturdays of Our Lives” Here are some excerpts: “When evil and suffering has taken out all the good in the world in an onslaught of pain, what joy could anything left…
Black (And Catholic) Like Me 3: St. Josephine Bakhita (Black History Month 2019)
Some intense back problems and trying to catch up on seminary work kept me from posting about the last two Black Saints of February, but I still want to get their stories out at least. So, now I post one of them up now, and I will get the second up as soon as possible. They…
Black (And Catholic) Like Me 2: St. Benedict the Moor, O.F.M., “The Holy Black” (Black History Month 2019)
Here is the second Black Saint to be featured during this year’s celebration of Black History Month by my apostolate, and the 2nd installment of Black (And Catholic) Like Me, an article-series that features a Black Catholic saint from history (or soon to be one) and tells a little about him/her and what I believe we can…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURED VIDEO 1 (Feb 7) – Catholic Reflection on Civil Rights Act
This month’s first featured video is a good one from Catholic News Service back in 2014 in which two African American Catholic leaders, Bishop John H. Ricard and Norman C. Francis, then-president of Xavier University of Louisiana (the only historically Black Catholic university in the US), give their reflections on Catholic activities in the Civil…
Black (And Catholic) Like Me 1: Servant of God Mother Mary Lange, A True Mother of God’s Forgotten Children (Black History Month 2019)
This is the first Black saint/holy one to be featured during this year’s celebration of Black History Month by my apostolate. Also, this is the first official installment of Black (And Catholic) Like Me an article-series that will feature a Black Catholic saint from history (or soon to be one) and tell a little about…