he Diocese of St. Petersburg observed Black Catholic History month last fall with two special events.
Students in Sr. Rana's middle school religion class at Red Cloud Indian School got a classroom visit from Fr. Brad Held, SJ, during National Catholic Schools Week in January.
Permanent Deacon candidate Bill White was one of three men installed at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City.
Sacred Heart began the school year with the theme “I am a Bucket Filler”. The children are encouraged to fill their buckets with acts of kindness, good behavior, positive words, and community service.
While not a requirement to choose one as a Confirmation name, most students do in fact choose them, in the fascination and pride in knowing more than they knew about these legacies.
On February 5th we had an evening of prayer and fellowship. We had a Children's Mass, followed by a pot-luck shared with our student's and families.
Archbishop Carroll High School is a Catholic high school, located in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington, which has proudly enjoyed a long history of being a strong, faith-based academic institution of the Archdiocese of Washington.
“We gather not because there have not been strides made … or joys and hopes. Naturally there are, but there’s also anguish and suffering” - Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz
More than 50 years ago, the Civil Rights era and the changes of Vatican II combined in West Louisville to generate new energy in black Catholic life.