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)
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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…
APRIL – FATHER AUGUSTUS TOLTON MONTH 2022: 168th Anniversary of the the Birth of Venerable Augustus Tolton
Today is the 168th Anniversary of the the Birth of Venerable Augustus Tolton. He was born on April 1, 1854 to Peter Paul Tolton and Martha Jane Chisley in Ralls County, Missouri. He was born into slavery, but in short time he would be baptized in to the freedom of Christ while an infant as…
April: Father Augustus Tolton Month 2022 Begins!
My apostolate celebrates April as Father Augustus Tolton Month, a celebration that I began last year. Augustus Tolton is the first recognized African American Catholic priests in United States history (1854-1897) This month will be filled with posts about Totlon, his life, and his significance. My apostolate celebrates April as Father Augustus Tolton Month each…
4 Years of BLACKCATHOLIC!
Today I celebrate 4 years since the launch of my apostolate on Easter Day 2018! I officially began with my social media outlets (FB and Twitter) before launching my website November that year on the Solemnity of Christ the King. It has been a wonderful ride of four years as I have expressed my own…
“BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos 4: Jesus Died for the Sins of the Baptized Too” Video Transcript
The following is an approximate transcript of my “BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos 4: Jesus Died for the Sins of the Baptized Too” video released on my Facebook page and spread to Twitter on March 21, 2021. The transcript below strives for a balance of both a word-for-word account and careful editing for better reading. With [notes] and…
“Goodbye Alleluia” and Other Pre-Lent Vibes
We sung this cool hymn (fully pictured below) at evening prayer that was essentially about saying “goodbye” to the alleluia on the last day before Lent begins. The third stanza about how “Alleluia cannot always be our song while here below” is a great prelude into Lent and its mysteries of Christ’s journey to Jerusalem…
Installed as Acolyte
By the Grace of God Almighty, I took one more step towards ordination and to the priesthood tonight at the seminary along with a bunch of other guys. During Mass I received the Ministry of Acolyte by installation. This is the step by which I am now officially deputized by the Church to assist the…
Marking 1 Year As Instituted Lector
Today marks nearly a year of being an instituted Lector for the Church! It has been great proclaiming the Word of God for the People of God! Though, we are all familiar with people at our parishes who volunteer to proclaim the readings at Mass; many of us have probably took part in this task…
The Presentation. Christmas. Black History Month.
As tonight ends the Feast of the Presentation, traditionally before the coming of the reformed liturgy the Christmas season went all the way past Epiphany and ended on today, the Presentation. That is why I have kept the Madonna and Child as my social media pages’ profile images up until now from Christmas Day. The…
Christ has been presented at the temple! Indeed, He has been presented at the temple! And Classes begin again.
Happy Feast of the Presentation of our Lord! Today the seminary gather outside the chapel for the solemn prayers, blessing, and procession before Mass. The Lord was presented. We presented ourselves before the Lord at the Eucharist. Then we went to present the Lord in our various ministries (Wednesdays are the days we go and…