Tuesday, November 19, 2013

National Black Catholic History Month: St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart

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The St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart, commonly known as the Josephites, are a community of U.S. based priests which has been d...
Monday, November 18, 2013

National Black Catholic History Month: Father Charles Randolph Uncles

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We've already discussed the claims Bishop James Augustine Healy (who was never known to publicly identify as black) and Father August...
Friday, November 15, 2013

National Black Catholic History Month: Fr. Cyprian Davis, OSB

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Meet Father Cyprian Davis, OSB. The National Black Catholic Congress has described him as the "single most important leader in histo...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

National Black Catholic History Month: Daniel Rudd

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Daniel Rudd was born in 1854 to two slaves who lived on different plantations in the area of Bardstown, Ken. Both parents were Catholics. ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Orlando Sentinel staffers' book picks for holiday gifts.

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Several Orlando Sentinel staffers made suggestions for our list of books to buy during the holidays. Naturally, I was among them. Anybod...

National Black Catholic History Month: Cardinal Francis Arinze

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About 20 years ago, my mother and I were in Vatican City when we noticed a black man -- clearly an African -- wearing a bishop's robes....
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

National Black Catholic History Month: Sister Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., PhD

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"Are you walkin with me?" Sister Thea Bowman from UM Southern Studies on Vimeo . The woman who became known as Sister Thea Bow...