Making Black Catholic History Today: Black Catholic Interviews 1 – My Interview with Brad Schepisi of Laudare Outreach (Black Catholic History Month 2019)
Featured Black Catholic Interviews for Black Catholic History Month 2019: On Thursdays this month I will feature interviews with Black Catholics to showcase how Black Catholic history is being made by the lives of those living today. I have had the idea for this kind of thing in my head for a while, but this…
Happy Black Catholic History Month! Celebration Plans!
Happy Black Catholic History Month and Happy feast day of St. Martin de Porres! It’s that great time of year again. It’s November, which means its Black Catholic History Month! It’s the month when the Church in the US celebrates African American Catholicism and its history. It’s the 29th occurrence of Black Catholic History Month…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURED ARTICLE 3 (Feb 19): 125 Years of Josephite Service to the Black Community
Meant to post it on Feb 19 Catholic Philly article (2018): “Joining men and women from many different backgrounds, they gathered to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Josephites, a society of priests and brothers established in Baltimore to minister to the African-American community. It was a jubilant celebration not only of…
Seminary’s Black History Lecture on the History of Black Nuns in US recap
I wanted to give a fully recap of this year’s annual Black History Lecture my seminary had. The topic, again, was “The Real Sister Act: Black Catholic Sisters in the United States.” The lecture was given by a young up-and-coming Black historian Dr. Shannen Dee Williams. She is an assistant professor at Villanova University. The…
This was tonight! Will tell more tomorrow! Black History Lecture on History of Black Nuns in US from Shannen Dee Williams
My seminary hosted this speaker and topic for its annual Black History Lecture. And. IT. WAS. THE. BOMB! I’ve made some quick posts about it on my social media with some pictures up. Here’s what I said: “Dr. Shannen Dee Williams rocked the house with her presentation tonight! She was so jammed packed full of…
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 ARTICLE BONUS – Black Catholic History Timeline
Here’s a good timeline of Black Catholics throughout US history, a great part of Black history. Composed by Fr. Cyprian Davis, OSB. Some highlights: 1565-1899: St. Augustine, Florida Blacks, both slave and free, help to found this oldest town in the United States. In 1693 Spain offers freedom in Florida to slaves who convert to Catholicism.”…
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 HISTORY MONTH 2019 FEATURED ARTICLE 1 (Feb 5): Nuns Witnessed Who Witnessed MLK’s Life and Death
Here’s the first feature article for Black History Month. Nuns who were active during the Civil Rights Movement and were with MLK both in life and death tell their story. CNA article (2018): “This Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be the first without Sister Mary Antona Ebo, the only black Catholic nun who marched with 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…