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Sister Thea Bowman’s Journey to Sainthood
You can view the ABC documentary on Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA, "Going Home Like a Shooting Star: Thea Bowman's Journey to Sainthood" using the YouTube link below. It will also air on ABC Sunday, October 30 at 1-2PM. Our very own Theologian in Residence, Dr. M. Shawn...
St. Katharine Drexel Parishioner Leads Juneteenth Celebration
“The Lord assigns me to these organizations,” explains Mrs. Jumaada Abdal-Khallaq Henry Smith, J.D., a member of the A Nubian Notion, Inc. Family. Mrs. A-K. Henry Smith is a busy Catholic, both at her home parish of Saint Katharine Drexel in Dorchester and in the...
Commencement Address. Presented by. M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D. American Catholic Theologian.
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“Sister Thea Bowman: Faithful Life – Dahlgren Dialogues”
The Dahlgren Dialogues are a series of substantive conversations with experienced leaders in the context of prayerful reflection on current topics at the intersection of faith and public life. Co-sponsored with the Georgetown Office of Mission and Ministry, these...
Pew Report on Black Catholics in America
Black Catholics in America Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike White and Hispanic Catholics - and Black Protestants. Read more of the Pew Research Report
Celebrating a Black Woman Supreme Court Justice – A Justice for Our Times
Celebrating a Black Woman Supreme Court Justice – A Justice for Our Times NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, the National Black Sisters Conference, and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious February 23, 2022 As Catholic women, rooted in our faith’s call...
A lifelong Catholic Reflects on Black History Month
“Black History Month, to me, should be every day, not just February” says Mr. Ernest Alls. Mr. Alls is a beloved Elder of the Saint Katharine Drexel Parish family and comes from a long line of devout Catholics where strong religious calling runs on his mother’s...
Planning Office to develop space for Nubian Square, St. Katharine Drexel community
Jacqueline Tetrault Pilot Staff The Planning Office for Urban Affairs, in partnership with J. Garland Enterprises, is moving forward with a development plan that would expand St. Katharine Drexel Parish's outreach and serve the people of Nubian Square by providing...
National Black Sisters Conference addresses Archbishop José Gómez
Archbishop Gomez has been called upon to apologize for his Nov. 4 speech in which he disparaged social justice movements, such as BLM, as "pseudo-religions." The National Black Sisters Conference has issued a statement in response to these remarks. The following...
Are racial justice movements straying from Catholic tradition — or are Catholic leaders out of touch? America Today (11/11/21)
Alessandra Harris Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, released his address to the Congress of Catholics and Public Life being held in Madrid, Spain. In the address he...