Notice: Shifting Things Around On the Website
In addition to updating my branding a little bit, I am also shifting things around on the site: moving pages around to different areas, adding new pages, shifting content to another page, deleting some pages, etc. I’m trying to bring in a different organization of things and usher in a slightly different look. So if…
“Black and Beautiful” on Juneteeth
“I am black and beautiful.” – Song of Solomon 1:5 [NASB] I’ve updated my branding a little bit across my apostolate; first time since I began over 3 years ago. And it’s been a great 3 years so far of “Catholicism Through A Colored Lens.” Three for the Trinity! Especially, on today’s Juneteenth celebrations I…
Visited National Shrine of the Little Flower
As you know from my last post, I am currently in San Antonio staying at the Mexican American Catholic College (MACC) for two months as part of the second part of my summer assignment, Spanish immersion. There are four in total of us Nashville seminarians here, and we have made it a part of our…
Arrived in San Antonio for Part 2 of Summer Assignment: Spanish Immersion
On Sunday I arrived in San Antonio, TX at the Mexican American Catholic College (MACC) for part 2 of my summer assignment: Spanish Immersion for two months (June-July) in which I will improve my Español in order to minister more effectively to the Hispanic community in my diocese as a priest someday. If you live…
At the Summer Assignment: Part 1-The Parish
As you probably know, the busy life of a seminarian is not restricted to school during the fall and the spring. All seminarians can tell you about how we also have summer assignments. While the fall and the spring contain a huge part of the focus on our intellectual formation, the summer has the emphasis…
Black Catholic Saint Feast Day: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Ugandan Martyrs (June 3)
Today the Church celebrates Black Catholic martyr-saints today! June 3rd is the feast day of St. Charles Lwanga and his Companions, holy martyrs of Uganda, and the Church celebrates it as a memorial today. From Catholic Culture: “Today, together with the whole Church, we honor twenty-two Ugandan martyrs. They are the first martyrs of Sub-Saharan…
Let Us Draw to the Sacred Heart of Jesus This June
June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord. Let His Heart be enthroned in your hearts and homes this month to trample down pride and sin and raising up humility and holiness in their place. Let us behold the Heart that is the place of true inclusion for all people, for it was…
Happy Pentecost, everyone, from BLACKCATHOLIC!
With the sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church, the Paschal Mystery of Easter is complete. That is why the Easter season formally ends at the close of Pentecost, or have we forgotten that Pentecost is also an Easter celebration as well? Just as at Mass the one Sacrifice of Christ is re-presented on…
A Sixth Century African Talks About the Holy Spirit and Unity
The following is from a sermon by an unknown sixth century African author that is used by the Liturgy of the Hours for the Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter for the second reading in the Office of Readings. It came up today for the Hours, and since tomorrow is Pentecost I wanted to…
“BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos 1: Make Your Heart A Monstrance” video transcript
The following is an approximate transcript of my “BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos 1: Make Your Heart A Monstrance” video released on my Facebook page and spread to Twitter on May 16, 2021. The transcript below strives for a balance of both a word-for-word account and careful editing for better reading. With [Notes]. * * * Hello this…