Black History Month: Black Catholics in New Jersey
The first Africans to come to what would become the United States were brought as slaves. Although African slavery is most often associated with the southern states, slavery was legal … Learn More
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Black History Month: Haitian communities in the Archdiocese of Newark
In 1989, Sister Thea Bowman visited Seton Hall University and addressed the American Bishops Conference meeting there. In her talk she spoke of the experience of the Black Catholics in … Learn More
Black History Month: Servant of God, Sister Thea Bowman
There are many wonderful folks who have visited the Archdiocese of Newark. A few of them, such as Mother Theresa and Pope John Paul II, are canonized saints, some are … Learn More
Black History Month: America’s first black priest celebrates Mass in Hoboken
Born into slavery in Missouri in 1854, Augustine (Augustus) Tolton was baptized into his mother’s Catholic faith. This required the cooperation of his parents’ “owners,” who were Catholic. The wife … Learn More
Masses, rallies recall the lives of those lost to abortion since 1973
CARMEL, Ind. (CNS) — As often seems to be the case, Jan. 22 was the coldest day of the week as hundreds of people in central Indiana participated in a … Learn More
Priest recounts John Paul II visit to New Jersey
Oct. 4 brings back memories of a quarter-century ago because it marks the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s Papal Visit to New Jersey and Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of … Learn More