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.
Spiritual gifts of Black Catholics should be shared, speakers say Twenty years into her journey as a Catholic, in 2020, Marcia Lane-McGee found out that her baptism might be invalid.
Our Lady of Africa celebrates Black History Month Hundreds of parishioners and guests filled Our Lady of Africa Church, 615 E. Oakwood Blvd., on Feb. 12 for the parish’s annual Black History Month Mass and celebration.
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.