News and Events

Experience two powerful new documentaries celebrating the faith, culture, and resilience of Native American and African American Catholics.

For the students at St. Francis of Assisi in Lumberton, NM, this holiday season was filled with most of the usual cheer and bustle. From our Halloween Carnival to beginning practice for our annual Christmas pageant, we have been in the holiday spirit.

De La Salle Blackfeet School continued celebrating its 25th anniversary year with a season marked by faith, academic progress, cultural learning, and community participation.

The last few months have been filled with outreach activity to evangelize for the growth of Ministry for Black Catholics in the Diocese of Wilmington.

National Catholic Schools Week was celebrated at Sapa Un Jesuit Academy, a small private kindergarten through eighth grade school located in St. Francis.

The JEDI Team at Cardinal Spellman High School welcomed NFL referee and Harvard-trained attorney Ronald Torbert for a powerful conversation with students centered on perseverance, faith, and purpose.

On October 4, 2025, the new Archbishop of Detroit visited Gesu church and school to celebrate Mass and take a tour of the school. This was on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi and Archbishop Weisenburger came in recognition of Gesu’s important work.

The Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute continues to meet once a month, September to May, with about fifteen to twenty participants each session. December, January, and February we meet only on Zoom, but otherwise at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center.

The 2026 Drum Major Awards were celebrated on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Toledo. Held in conjunction with the Mass for Promoting Harmony, the annual awards recall the legacy of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.