Black History Month 2024: Feb. 8 – St. Josephine Bakhita, From Slavery of the Body to Freedom of the Soul
“Rejoice, all of Africa! Bakhita has come back to you: the daughter of the Sudan sold into slavery as a living piece of merchandise and yet still free. Free with the freedom of the saints. Blessed Josephine comes back to you with the message of God the Father’s infinite mercy.” Pope St. John Paul II,…
Black History Month 2024: Feb. 3 – Venerable Mother Lange, Co-Foundress of America’s First Order for Black Sisters
Feb. 3rd is the 142nd anniversary of when Mother Mary Lange went to God. She help found the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the 1st Catholic order for Black sisters in US history. Black History was made last year when Lange was declared Venerable. From my page on her life: On July 2, 1829 Elizabeth and…
Happy Black History Month 2024!
Happy Black History Month from BLACKCATHOLIC! BHM is dedicated to the celebration of African Americans, our history, community, leaders, culture, and achievements. It also celebrates how African American history is an essential part of the history of the United States in general. Since its inception my apostolate has always taken part in celebrating BHM especially…
Interviewed by the St. Thomas More “Cougar Cast” Student Show for Black History Month!
I was recently took part in a brief interview by the student-ran Cougar Cast a live weekly school TV newscast show filmed out of St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, LA. Their show focuses on school announcements, important news, sports and weather, but sometimes that have special themed episodes like the one I…
Happy Black History Month 2023!
Happy Black History Month from BLACKCATHOLIC! BHM is dedicated to the celebration of African Americans, our history, community, leaders, culture, and achievements. It also celebrates how African American history is an essential part of the history of the United States in general. Since its inception my apostolate has always taken part in celebrating BHM especially…
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…
Happy Black History Month 2022!
Happy Black History Month from BLACKCATHOLIC! It is February, also celebrated in the US (and Canada, too) as Black History Month! BHM is dedicated to the celebration of African Americans, our history, our community, our leaders, culture, and achievements. It also celebrates how African American history is central in the history of the United States.…
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————————–…
2020 Fr. Cyprian Davis Black History Lecture in the Books!
Special Series: Black History Month (February)/Black Catholic Month (November)series synopsis: Each February and November my apostolate will have special series of posts celebrating Black History Month (Feb.) and Black Catholic History Month (Nov.). February’s celebration will include posts involving Black history generally often with the Church’s relation to it. November’s celebration will include a showcase of Black Catholic saints/holy ones…
Black History Lecture at Seminary Tonight! St. Meinrad’s 2020 Father Cyprian Davis Lecture
Special Series: Black History Month (February)/Black Catholic Month (November)series synopsis: Each February and November my apostolate will have special series of posts celebrating Black History Month (Feb.) and Black Catholic History Month (Nov.). February’s celebration will include posts involving Black history generally often with the Church’s relation to it. November’s celebration will include a showcase of Black Catholic saints/holy ones…