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.
Holy Name of Mary: Second church established by Black Catholics In 1897, Servant of God Father Augustus Tolton established St. Monica Parish as the first parish for Black Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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.