The annual Father Chester P. Smith National Black Catholic Men’s Conference is happening on October 10 - 13 at Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards. The theme this year is “Come Jesus Come”. bowmanfrancis.org/events-1/2024-…

The Church in Black and White Sept 27 - 29, 2024 St. Monica and OSU Tulsa Campus Auditorium Meet and Greet, Workshop, and Unity Mass centered around preserving the heritage of the African American Parishes in the Diocese of Tulsa (ie Uganda Martyrs, St Monica, and St Augustine)

MFR is helping prepare this exciting event, co-sponsored by Archdiocese of Cincinnati and University of Dayton Registration is open now: resources.catholicaoc.org/event/symposium Get those hotel rooms soon! We can't wait to see you there! Will you help us spread the word? PM us for details and interview ops!

Bishop Joseph Howze of Biloxi—the first openly Black Catholic prelate to head a U.S. diocese—will be honored with a memorial plaque dedication on Friday, Aug. 30, in Mississippi. The monument to the former educator, who died in 2019, was unveiled in May. blackcatholicmessenger.org/bishop-joseph-…

#OTD in 1792 Jacques Bonnaud died, a Haitian Jesuit priest and martyr of the anti-Catholic persecution during the French Revolution. Jacques Bonnaud was one of the 191 martyrs of Paris who were beatified making him the first Haitian to be beatified.

To register, aod.org/events/40th-an…

The canonization cause for Servant of God Martin Maria de Porres Ward has received Vatican approval and will proceed, according to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. The African-American Catholic missionary to Brazil died 25 years ago this summer. blackcatholicmessenger.org/ward-cause-vat…

Registration is open for the 40th-anniversary symposium on "What We Have Seen and Heard," the landmark letter from the nation's Black Catholic bishops. The event—coinciding with the death anniversary of Fr Clarence Rivers—will be held Nov. 22-24 in Ohio. blackcatholicmessenger.org/symposium-to-c…

On this feast of St. Peter Claver, we also recognize the 40th anniversary of the landmark document by the Black bishops of the United States, "What We Have Seen and Heard". See Dr. Ansel Augustine's short video about it: youtu.be/QwSDHVRQzV8?si…

On 40th anniversary of ‘What We Have Seen and Heard,’ WashArchbishop Cardinal Gregory says document reminds Black Catholics ‘we have much to offer the Church’ bit.ly/3TDXTDD

Fr Bryan Massingale will deliver a public lecture Oct. 3 in Montgomery, part of the annual meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium. The Black Catholic ethicist will speak on the theme of "Dreaming While Black," the title of his upcoming book. blackcatholicmessenger.org/fr-bryan-massi…

The full speakers list is out for the Nov. Black Catholic academic symposium in Ohio, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Black Catholic bishops' letter "What We Have Seen and Heard" and the 20th death anniversary of the liturgist Fr Clarence Rivers. blackcatholicmessenger.org/speakers-revea…

The gifts of the Holy Spirit can guide the work of law, homilist says at annual Red Mass Read more: bit.ly/4gXmq0s

Joyful 35th annual East of the River Revival marked by ‘praise, prayer and preaching’ bit.ly/4gVpudw

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, with some of our Priests and Seminarians, visited The Pontifical North American College Campo Verano mausoleum and chapel. The Pontifical North American College is the American seminary in Rome.

Today, we pray for those affected by the profound impact of racial discrimination on mental health. May God's justice and healing prevail. Find more information at ow.ly/o3xo50TKh2s

Watch Cardinal Gregory on the 2024 election landscape: youtu.be/n443uBvJu7c

In this interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the Archbishop of Washington, D.C., speaks about the meaning of synodality, the Church’s mission, and the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church today. vaticannews.va/en/vatican-cit…

At the 35th Annual East of the River Revival held at Mount Calvary Catholic Church in Forestville, the theme “Anchored in God: Hold On To Your Purpose — Unapologetically” became a call to action as Fr. Ajani Gibson, alongside our own Bishop Campbell, exhorted listeners to examine

Fr Augustus "Gus" Taylor, a pioneering Black Catholic priest whose ministry and activism spanned Ohio and Los Angeles, has died at 84. He helped found the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and one of the nation's first Offices of Black Catholics. blackcatholicmessenger.org/fr-gus-taylor-…