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.
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.
Annual African American prayer service for students goes virtual For the first time in its 43-year history, the archdiocese’s annual African American Heritage Prayer Service for middle and high school students was held virtually rather than in person because of the pandemic. This year’s event was spread out over four weeks during Black History Month, with a video released every Friday morning.
Black Catholics less religious than their Protestant counterparts, study says A new study released Feb. 16 by the Pew Research Center on Black religiosity in the United States shows that Black Catholics are less religiously oriented than their Protestant counterparts.