Sam Williams and the Selah St. Sabina Church Youth Choir perform during the 41st annual African-American Heritage Prayer Service held Feb. 22, 2019, at Holy Name Cathedral. The celebration drew hundreds of students from Catholic schools around the archdiocese.
Our Lady of Africa Parish celebrates its many cultures Parishioners at Our Lady of Africa Parish celebrated African American Heritage Month Feb. 20 with a Mass that featured readings, songs and prayers in Igbo, a language spoken in Nigeria; Twi, a language spoken in Ghana; and French, as well as parishioners wearing traditional dress.
Knowing Black Catholic history can help end racism, professor says The history of Black Catholics and other marginalized people in the U.S. church covering more than two centuries is one worth knowing and can guide the church’s response to the challenges of racism and social justice, historian Shannen Dee Williams believes.
Historic Bronzeville churches mark inaugural Mass as new parish On the Fourth of July, parishioners at the newly formed Our Lady of Africa Parish in Bronzeville celebrated the inaugural Mass uniting five parishes into one.