NEW YORK (AP) — The history of Black Catholics in the U.S. is a dramatic mix of struggles and breakthroughs, but it has been largely ignored in the curriculum of Catholic schools. That may soon change. Amid the national tumult over racial injustice, there are high-level calls for the schools to teach more about the […]
The Oblate Sisters of Providence are the oldest order of Black nuns in the world. Founded in 1829 by Rev. Father James Hector Joubert and…
The Oblate Sisters of Providence are the oldest order of Black nuns in the world. Founded in 1829 by Rev. Father James Hector Joubert and Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, (pictured) the order still exists today and continues Mother Mary’s dedication of service to children and the poor. Not much is known about Lange’s early life and […]
Jacque Reid talks to Shannen Dee Williams, an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville about blacks nuns and racism in the Catholic church. “There are three surviving black sisterhoods. On one hand their is this painful history but on the other hand it also gives us another side of Catholicism that we […]
Roland Martin talks to Father George Clements about the importance of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States and what other black Catholics hope to gain from his time here. “What we have to understand is the word Catholic means everybody. It’s universal. It means to us that the leader of our religion is here […]
