Laïcs En Mission
Black Catholic Messenger
On this, the first Sunday of Advent, Black Catholics around the country can say for the first time that there is a red hat among their ranks. On Saturday, history was made. From humble beginnings in Chicago to the halls of Rome, Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory is America’s newest member of the Sacred College. But …
In 1989, Servant of God Sr. Dr. Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., addressed the USSCB at their annual June meeting, explaining what it meant to be Black (specifically African American) and Catholic. “That means I come to my church fully functioning. That doesn’t frighten you, does it? I bring myself, my black self. All that I am. …
In lieu of attempting to write up full reflections in the next few days on all of the Black Catholic figures that struck me over the course of this holy month, I decided to aggregate a number of different figures here, some of whom you might know and others you’ve probably never heard of. Let’s …
Thank you to Nate Tinner. Your many hours, blood, sweat, and tears are appreciated. Black Catholicism or African-American Catholicism comprises the people, beliefs, and practices unique to African Americans in the Catholic Church. There are currently around 3 million Black Catholics in the United States, and about a quarter of them worship in historically-Black …