Black and Catholicism: Priests of African Descent
Priests of African Descent
Fr. Alonzo Q. Cox Pastor of St. Martin de Porres
Fr. Alonzo Q. Cox is the Pastor of St. Martin de Porres in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. It encompasses 3 churches namely: Our Lady of Victory, Holy Rosary, and St. Peter Claver. Fr. Cox also serves as diocesan director of ministry to African-American Catholics and the Vicariate for Black Catholic …
Fr. Dwayne Davis Pastor St Thomas Aquinas Flatlands
Fr. Dwayne D. Davis was born in Jamaica, West Indies in December 1986, and is one of eight siblings. He arrived in New York in September 2000, to live with his father, and soon became a member of St. Joseph parish in Jamaica, Queens. He completed his undergraduate education in 2008 at St. John’s University …
Fr. Reginald Jean-Mary 19 years of Priestly Service
Dear Sisters and Brothers: The priesthood is a sacred history and the life of any priest is a sacred history. Our history is sacred because we are never alone in that history. We are accompanied beings; accompanied by Someone who immeasurably loves us, the High Priest, the Priest Par Excellence, Our Lord and Savior, …
Fr. Yvans Jazon 10th Anniversary Ordination
Father Yvans Jazon celebrated mass with his fellow priest and deacons along with family and friends from around the United States and Haiti. This honor was hosted in his home parish – Notre Dame De La Mer, Wildwood, NJ on 5/29/2017. Currently, Fr. Jazon serves as the pastor of St. Theresa of Calcutta in Collingswood, …
Fr. Charles R. Uncles
A few weeks ago, in response to a column about downtown Baltimore’s Seton Hill, Jerilyn Manning gave me a call. She told me that I had missed a good story. She was so right. She is the event coordinator for the Charles R. Uncles Senior Plaza at 607 Pennsylvania Ave. I caught up with Manning …
Smith Twins Celebrate 25 Years of Traveling Priesthood
Catholic New World Newspaper for the Archdiocese of Chicago July 7 – July 20, 2013 Smith twins celebrate 25 years of traveling priesthood By Daniel P. Smith Contributor In 1988, the Smith brothers — identical twins Chester and Charles — made history as the first set of African-American twins to be ordained in the United …
First US Twin Priests
MARIO FOX | May 5, 1988 CHICAGO (AP) _ Identical twins Charles and Chester Smith say they want their journey to the priesthood from a Chicago housing project to be an example of hope for young blacks. ″People look toward us as a sign of hope,″ the Rev. Charles Smith in a telephone interview Wednesday …