Passiontide
Passiontide is the last two weeks of Lent. Did your parish start to cover its statues this past week?
1 Year of Catholicism Through A Colored Lens! First Annum of BLACKCATHOLIC!
Today is an important day for BLACKCATHOLIC! It is the 1st year anniversary of the official launching of my apostolate! I It was April 1, Easter Day when I launched it all. God has been good and has blessed my mission with help from others along the way (especially from Ryan Scheel head of uCatholic)! Because…
Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
Mary said YES! and the Word has been made flesh! 9 months from today we will have a Holy Baby!
Happy Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary!
He is one of the patrons for BLACKCATHOLIC, and my personal patron when I came into the Church! St. Joseph pray for us! Original St. Joseph image, presumably in public domain. Source.
St. John Vianney’s Incorrupt Heart and Your Intentions!
I meant to post this earlier in the week. Like I mentioned in the on FB, St. John Vianney’s incorrupt heart was only with us at the seminary for Mon and Tues. I didn’t get to spend too much time with the Cure, but the time I did spend was very sweet. Thank you for…
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 HISTORY MONTH FEATURED VIDEO 4 (Feb 28): Short Fr. Tolton Film
To wrap up this month’s featured Black history videos, here is a short film about Servant of God Fr. Augustus Tolton. It’s a documentary with some nice cinematic scenes of Tolton’s life thrown in. It was produced by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood and is narrated by African American Auxiliary…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURED ARTICLE 4 (Feb 26): Fr. Tolton as a “Catholic MLK”
Crux article (2017): “He embodies Father Tolton, from youth to manhood, bringing in turn joy and sorrow to the stage. The producer and actor believes “Tolton” could not be more timely. ‘There are so many misunderstandings between the races in the United States today,’ Defillipis said after the Holy Rosary performance. ‘Father Tolton is the…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURED VIDEO 3 (Feb 21): Missa Luba, Congolese Mass Setting From 1965 for the Old Mass
This week’s featured video is little bit off from what I have showcased so far this month, but it is (1) something I’ve been wanting to tell you guys about for a long time (if I haven’t already), (2) still related to Black history in general, and (3) totally worth it. So, let’s mix things…