Historical society for America's first Black city hosting annual meeting Oct. 20
The Fort Mose Historical Society will host its annual meeting this month in St. Augustine, Florida, celebrating new developments and old traditions.
Events
XULA's St. Katharine Drexel Chapel celebrating 10 years on Saturday
The award-winning campus church at Xavier University of Louisiana will celebrate an anniversary Mass on Saturday, following a recent visit to the chapel from a Vatican cardinal.
La. highway renamed for founder of 1829 Black Catholic church
A famed Black Creole of history will soon be memorialized in his hometown, near the parish he helped found nearly two centuries ago in upstate Louisiana.
Archdiocese of Newark to celebrate late Black bishop, diaspora ministry on Saturday
Dual Black Catholic anniversaries are afoot in the Newark archdiocese, where Cardinal Joe Tobin will celebrate a Mass for the occasions on Saturday.
Webinar on late MLB star Roberto Clemente set for Thursday evening
A devout Catholic MLB Hall of Famer, one of the first Black players in the league, will be the subject of a roundtable discussion tonight with historians and admirers.
Catholic Mobilizing Network organizing anti-death penalty novena through Oct. 9
The nation's Catholic anti-death penalty NGO is hosting nine days of prayer against the death penalty, ahead of the organization's awards gala in DC.
Black Catholic Theological Symposium set for Oct. 6-9 in San Diego
The academic society dedicated to Black Catholic studies will meet for its 32nd annual meeting next month in San Diego, including two events open to the public.
National Black Catholic Congress hosting webinar Friday, ahead of 2023 national gathering
Ahead of next year's national Black Catholic gathering, a webinar will explain its preparatory "Days of Reflection", scheduled to soon take place in dioceses around the country.
St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore celebrates 150 years this Sunday
A formerly Czech parish in Charm City, now a thriving African-American community, will mark a century and a half of ministry and service this weekend.
Archbishop Shelton Fabre to receive pallium on September 20
The nation's newest Black Catholic archbishop will receive the accompanying papal vestment during a special Mass next week in Louisville.
Weekly Mass returning to Texas Southern University after three-year hiatus
Regular Sunday Masses will return to Houston's second-largest HBCU this month at the school's longstanding Newman Center, which has faced various challenges in recent years.
Where to celebrate the feast of St Peter Claver (2022 edition)
One of several major feast days for US Black Catholics, that of St Peter Claver is upon us, and events are happening around the country to usher in a spirit of justice.
Concert fundraiser with ValLimar Jansen this weekend in Virginia, ahead of Carnegie Hall event in 2023
One of the nation's most recognizable Black Catholic recording artists will feature in a concert this weekend in Charlottesville.
Ahead of two Jazz Masses Sunday in Detroit, an explainer on America's most unique Catholic liturgical form
Nate Tinner-Williams dives into the history of Jazz Mass in the Church, a phenomenon dating back to the 1950s and the beginnings of bona-fide Black Catholic liturgy.
Funeral for slain Black Catholic youth set for Friday morning
A member of St Sabina Catholic Church's youth violence intervention program killed late last month in Chicago will be funeralized on Friday.
Fr Everett Pearson, DC African-American priest educated in Rome, dead at 61
An African-American priest born, raised, and ordained in the nation's capital, died this month after an extended illness and 31 years of ministry.