WWRJ – Sr. Thea Bowman

Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA, was an extraordinary woman, who, throughout her life, confronted racism and worked to desegregate every corner of her world Throughout her life, she and her African American community faced white supremacy and racial injustices, and as an adult, she challenged the Church to see that all people, regardless of race or culture, …

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Sr. Thea Bowman on Dying with Dignity

I’ve always asked God for the grace to live until I die,” says Sister Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A. And live she did. Bowman, gospel singer, evangelist, author, teacher, and recipient of numerous honors, including the 1989 U.S. Catholic Award for furthering the cause of women in the church and the 1990 Notre Dame Laetare Medal for …

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The Witness of Sr. Thea Bowman

Gift and Challenge to the Church Arguably no person in recent memory did more to resist and transform the sad legacy of segregation and racism in the Catholic Church than Thea Bowman of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, a scholar and public speaker who inspired millions with her singing and message of God’s love …

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What does it Mean to be Black and Catholic

What does it mean to be black & Catholic? It means I come to my Church, FULLY FUNCTIONING. That doesn’t frighten you does it? I come to my Church fully functioning, I bring myself; my black self. All that I am. All that I have. All that I hope to become. My traditions, my experience, …

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