A celebratory weekend at St. Augustine Seminary culminated in a once-in-a-lifetime liturgy attended by beaucoup bishops and Black Catholics alike.
The Mississippi school educated many of the nation's first Black Catholic priests, including several who would go on to become bishops.
Dual Black Catholic anniversaries are afoot in the Newark archdiocese, where Cardinal Joe Tobin will celebrate a Mass for the occasions on Saturday.
A newsmaking African-American priest and cousin to Thea Bowman who made waves in the Civil Rights and Black Catholic Movements passed away this month in Los Angeles.
A Black Catholic priest known for fighting segregation and running for political office in Jim Crow Mississippi was laid to rest there this month.
An early Black priest in the US, known for his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and education of children preparing for First Communion, died in Ohio this week.
