Ethnic Apostolates in the US Church

Nigerians Here Say They Identify With The Flight of the Holy Family

Nigerians Here Say They Identify With The Flight of the Holy Family February 20, 2023 By Paula Katinas EAST NEW YORK — The Diocese of Brooklyn’s annual celebration of the flight of the Holy Family, a tradition in the Nigerian American community here, took on an added significance this year as participants worried about troubling …

The National Center of the Haitian Apostolate

[Priests and Deacons of the Catholic Haitian Diaspora at the annual Haitian Apostolate Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. His Eminence Cardinal Chibly Langlois was the principal celebrant] The National Center of the Haitian Apostolate (NCHA) was founded in the latter part of the 1970s by …

Fr. Anselmus Mawusi: Coordinator of the Ghanaian Apostolate

Fr. Mawusi is a native of Ghana and was ordained to the holy priesthood on December 7, 1985. Fr. Mawusi holds a Masters Degree in Biblical Studies from the Catholic Institute of West Africa and a Masters Degree in Spirituality and Spiritual Direction from Fordham University in the Bronx. Fr. Mawusi taught Philosophy and was the Head …

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 …