Historical society for America's first Black city hosting annual meeting Oct. 20
The Fort Mose Historical Society will host its annual meeting this month in St. Augustine, Florida, celebrating new developments and old traditions.
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La. highway renamed for founder of 1829 Black Catholic church
A famed Black Creole of history will soon be memorialized in his hometown, near the parish he helped found nearly two centuries ago in upstate Louisiana.
Review: 'Afro-Atlantic Catholics' is the Black history of the Americas, remixed
A new book on Black Catholics in the Americas traces Church history in colonial West Africa through the slave trade and its peculiar influence on African-American Christianity.
Museum linked to Louisiana Black Catholic history to close October 1
A recently founded museum in Southeast Louisiana is closing its doors at the end of the month, following a flurry of difficulties related to funding.
Where to celebrate the feast of St Peter Claver (2022 edition)
One of several major feast days for US Black Catholics, that of St Peter Claver is upon us, and events are happening around the country to usher in a spirit of justice.
Black founders of Villanova University honored with new $7.5M deanship
A Black Catholic couple noted as some of the first donors and partners in the establishment of Pennsylvania's largest Catholic university were honored by an anonymous donor late last month.
The former slaveholder who founded a convent and became a Black ministry pioneer
The founder of Texas' first women's religious order died 115 years ago Thursday. Nate Tinner-Williams explores her shocking life story.
'It’s just going too slow': Descendants speak out as Jesuits' slavery foundation flounders
Descendants on all sides of the debate over the Jesuits foundation meant to atone for slaveholding are crying foul over the order's slow fundraising and lack of transparency.
The Black Pope and slavery: silence amid the madness
The Jesuit's top priest paid a mostly secret visit to the US last week, and one Black Catholic academic says African Americans deserved much more.
Virtual lecture series this fall to focus on 19th-century Black Florida
Colonial American history will be on display this October when scholars join to present virtual lectures on Spanish Florida—where Black Catholics abounded.
'Walk Together, Children': Fr Carl Gales, SVD's homily for Joint Conference Jubilee Mass
A homily this week from one of the nation's newest African-American Catholic priests, covering racism, resilience, and freedom.
Nikole Hannah-Jones joins delegation to Vatican pressing for slavery reparations
Four African-American scholars met with a papal representative in Rome this week to discuss the need for economic repair in response to the Church's role in the slave trade.
Reflection: Carlos Manuel Rodríguez–Puerto Rico's Black blessed?
Today marks the 59th anniversary of the death of a famed catechist and liturgist who just might be the first Black saint from the United States.
Analysis: 'Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World' tackles Harriet Tubman
A Catholic podcast on the supernatural recently covered Harriet Tubman and the legacy of state-sanctioned slavery. Briana Jansky dives in.
A forgotten Franciscan: The first Black Catholic priest in American history?
In the mid-16th century, an expedition searching for gold in the American Southwest contained what historical records indicate was an Afro-Spanish Catholic priest.
Statement: National Black Catholic Seminarians Association on Juneteenth 2022
The official Juneteenth statement of the association representing Catholic seminarians of African descent in the United States.