Film on Oblate Sisters of Providence's Cuban ministry now streaming
The order's founder, Ven. Mary Lange, was raised in Cuba before coming to America, and a 2021 film explores the Oblates' work there after her death.
The order's founder, Ven. Mary Lange, was raised in Cuba before coming to America, and a 2021 film explores the Oblates' work there after her death.
Dr. Alice Prince reflects on a recent event commemorating the life and legacy of one of America's most prominent Black Catholic nuns.
Black Catholic groups in Missouri will celebrate the late African-American nun and activist with a centennial Mass and honorary presentation.
Ralph Moore Jr. says Women's History Month is a good time to remember the saintly female Black Catholics who helped build America.
The veteran Sister of the Blessed Sacrament wrote a 1972 book on Black Power and spent many years as an educator, national organizer, and evangelist.
Samantha Smith says the new Catholic flick is worth a watch, with strong acting and a compelling American story with an Italian twist.
Kevin Tachie explores a recent dissertation on the experience of Jesuit formation for Black men in America.
Royce Hood heads up a new project on a story of perseverance, uncommon Catholic faith, and possible sainthood.
On the first modern Black saint, patron of African Americans and namesake of various U.S. institutions, whose relics were damaged in a 2023 fire.
Fr Martin Maria de Porres Ward, a Boston-born Conventual Franciscan who served in Brazil, has been under consideration for sainthood since 2020.
Williams also won the 2022 Letitia Woods Brown Award for Best Book in African American Women's History from the Association of Black Women Historians.
A celebratory weekend at St. Augustine Seminary culminated in a once-in-a-lifetime liturgy attended by beaucoup bishops and Black Catholics alike.
The Mississippi school educated many of the nation's first Black Catholic priests, including several who would go on to become bishops.
The 45-year Franciscan priest was accused of child sex abuse dating to the 1970s and removed from ministry in 2004. He was laicized after leaving the order.
The barrier-breaking Black Catholic was the grandson of a formerly enslaved man and was turned away from other orders due to his race.
The historic French religious community first arrived in Missouri 200 hundred years ago and established the city's first Black Catholic parish.