Matthew 25:14-30: Remembering the 'Magnificent Seven'
Deacon Tim Tilghman applies the Sunday Gospel reading to the stories of the first Black men to serve as Catholic priests in the United States.
Vocations
'An epoch-making time': Centennial Mass for first Black Catholic seminary draws thousands to Bay St. Louis
A celebratory weekend at St. Augustine Seminary culminated in a once-in-a-lifetime liturgy attended by beaucoup bishops and Black Catholics alike.
Vincentians to dedicate new mission house in St. Louis
The historic French religious community first arrived in Missouri 200 hundred years ago and established the city's first Black Catholic parish.
Sr Mary Francis Bard to make final vows with Holy Family Sisters
The Kentucky native was recently a featured speaker for the 2023 National Day of Prayer for Black Vocations.
HBCU Catholic student initiative launches during National Black Catholic Congress
The program seeks to champion Catholic campus ministries on historically Black campuses—very few of which currently have them.
I left the monastery—but I'm still discerning.
A letter from a young Black Catholic seminarian in Seattle explains his discernment of the priesthood, call to religious life, and how he's figuring it all out.
2023 National Black Catholic Congress displayed ongoing challenge of inclusion
Thousands of Black Catholics represented—but were not necessarily represented—at the three-day quinquennial gathering in Southern Maryland.
Letter from a Black Catholic post-seminarian
Nate Tinner-Williams reflects on a major transition.
Br Derrick Turrentine making first vows with Carmelites on June 12 in New York
The 41-year-old convert has been a novice with the Province of St. Elias since last summer.
Interview: Greg Lambert, soon to be first African-American Catholic priest in Iowa history
Born in Florida and originally a seminarian for the Diocese of Orlando, Lambert will be ordained a transitional deacon in Dubuque on Friday.
'Historic ordination': Fr Patrick Winbush, OSB raised to the priesthood in Newark
The 42-year-old Benedictine monk is the first African American ordained in Newark in more than 20 years.
Josephite seminarians renew religious promises in Maryland
The historic religious society is celebrating 130 years this year and preparing for ordinations, first professions, and a general conference in June.
Patrick Winbush, OSB, to be ordained a priest May 20
The 42-year-old monk is one of three African Americans being ordained in the Catholic Church this year.
Cardinal Wilton Gregory celebrates 50 years of priesthood at Mass in D.C.
The 75-year-old prelate concelebrated the Mass with eight members of his ordination class from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Illinois.
National Day of Prayer for Black Vocations livestream airing on Sunday
Sr Mary Francis Bard, SSF, will serve as the guest speaker for the annual virtual event.
Black Catholic monk makes final vows in New Mexico
The man of the hour: Dom Chrysostom Christie-Searles, OSB, a Chicago native who first entered the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in 2017.