An adaptation of the homily Father Chisholm delivered at the Black History Month Mass celebrated at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Feb. 7, 2021.
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Trailblazing Black Catholic geneticist wants more Black women to pursue careers in science
“Science has made my faith stronger,” she said. “The DNA structure is amazing. It is beautiful and is evidence of what God can do and has done.”
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At Amanda Gorman’s Black Catholic LA parish, ‘it’s like everybody here is a freedom fighter’
This is the South Central Los Angeles church where 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, grew up singing in the youth choir, taking her sacraments and reciting her poetry.
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Amanda Gorman’s Black Catholic parish watched with pride as she delivered the inauguration poem
“We are a community; everyone here is important,” said St. Brigid’s pastor, Josephite Father Kenneth Keke. “Whatever belongs to the parish belongs to everyone; in our parish, the success of anyone is the success of all.”
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Who will be the first Black Catholic saint from the United States?
None of the saints associated with the United States are of African descent. The Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University intends to change that, and here are six possibilities for sainthood.
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How the pianist Mary Lou Williams found God (and made it to the Vatican)
Williams came to write “Mary Lou’s Mass” to capture her feeling of suffering—and its apotheosis.
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Black Catholics express joy at elevation of first African American cardinal
The naming of Washington’s archbishop “as a cardinal is huge, it’s historic.”
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Pope Francis has made Wilton Gregory the first African-American cardinal
Wilton Gregory said he hopes Pope Francis will find him to be “supportive, encouraging and trustworthy” in his role as a cardinal, but his primary ministry is still to be the archbishop of Washington.
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Why this Jesuit middle school is staying open while NYC public schools go remote
For Black, brown and poor students in-person schooling is an essential service.
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At Mass for racial justice, Archbishop Gregory urged Catholics to recognize reflections of Christ in others
“Like Peter Claver, are we not called to see Christ in every face and to hear him in every voice,” he said, “no matter what race or ethnic backgrounds those faces and voices may represent?”