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.
Daniel Rudd: A pioneering leader in black Catholic journalism With February being African-American History Month, it’s a perfect opportunity to learn about a pioneering Catholic journalist from the past: Daniel Rudd, founder of the national black newspaper, the American Catholic Tribune, and founder of what is today the National Black Catholic Congress.
Canonization cause for Sister Thea Bowman approved The U.S. bishops gave their assent to the canonization effort launched for Sister Thea Bowman by the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi.
Choosing Catholicism and celebrating Black Catholic History Month From the 1920s through the 1960s, more than 300,000 African-Americans across the country chose to enter into communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Their choices to become Catholic set them apart from most African-American Christians, who were members of Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal and Holiness traditions.