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Tolton pastoral ministry program celebrates 35th anniversary

Today, having Black Catholic laypeople in parish leadership positions is not that uncommon, but that wasn’t the case 35 years ago. That was partly why the Augustus Tolton Scholars program was formed at Catholic Theological Union.

Why do we exhume saints’ bodies and preserve their relics?

Deacon David Keene is a canon lawyer who serves as chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago, but he also holds a doctorate in archeology and is an expert in the exhumation of human remains. Before he retired, federal, state, county and local officials regularly called him when remains were found and needed to be preserved or relocated.

New Father Tolton Spirituality Center coming to archdiocese

Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Chicago will have the opportunity to follow more closely in the footsteps of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton with the creation of the Tolton Spirituality Center.

Mass celebrates Father Tolton’s step closer to sainthood

Hundreds of people turned out to celebrate Pope Francis declaring Father Augustus Tolton “venerable” during a Mass with Cardinal Cupich Oct. 14 at St. Philip Neri Church, 2132 E. 72nd St.

Pope Francis elevates Augustus Tolton to ‘venerable’

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Servant of God Augustus Tolton June 11 when he issued a decree declaring him “venerable.” The title “venerable” recognizes that he lived a life of heroic virtue.

Father Tolton’s life told through ‘From Slave to Priest’

The life of Servant of God Augustus Tolton already reads like a novel and now it is immortalized on stage with the new play “Tolton: From Slave to Priest,” produced by St. Luke Productions from Battle Ground, Washington.

Tolton’s sainthood cause part of cardinal’s legacy

The fact that Father Augustus Tolton was the first American priest of acknowledged African descen...

Father Tolton’s cause is headed to the Vatican

With prayers and songs and sealing wax, Cardinal George formally closed the investigation into the life and virtues of Father Augustus Tolton Sept. 29 in a ceremony in the St. James Chapel at the Archbishop Quigley Center.

Walk in the footsteps of Father Tolton

A pilgrimage with Bishop Joseph Perry to sites in Illinois and Missouri where Father Augustus Tolton, Servant of God, lived and worked, will take place Sept. 26-27.

On the road to sainthood: leaders of African descent

Editor’s note: In honor of Black History Month, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops posted on its website the following short biographies of American Catholics of African descent who are on the path to canonization (Photos provided by Catholic News Service):

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