2021 ISSUES
December 2021
In the current issue:
-Christmas is the gift that keeps giving
a 2003 reflection by Fr. Jerome LeDoux, SVD
-remembering Beverly Carrol pioneer
for African American Catholics
-Background to I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
November 2021
In the current issue:
-November is Black Catholic History Month
-Remembering Pope John Paul II address
to Black Catholics on September 12, 1987
- 75th Anniversary Mass at St. Paul
in New Orleans, Louisiana
-new podcast "Meet Father Rivers" explores
the life of Father Clarence Rivers.
October 2021
In the current issue:
-World Mission Day 2021
-Musician responds to call to mission
-Black Catholic Symposium 2021
-Cardinal Gregory in Rome
September 2021
In the current issue:
-Richard Cheri named Pastoral musician of the Year
-Are We Fishers of Men or Just Keepers of the Aquarium:
An Invitation to Support Vagabond Missions
-Andrew Lyke announcement of retirement from ministry
-Bishop Guy A. Sansaricq passing
-Father Bryan Massingale is Pax Christi USA’s
“Teacher of Peace” award recipient for 2021
June 2021
-New parish created in Archdiocese of Chicago named
Our Lady of Africa. How and why the new Parish was established by unification of 5 parishes
-Josephites elated with Pope Francis dedicating
a year to St. Joseph.
-National Black Catholic Congress announces
Daniel Rudd Fund Grant Cycle now open
April 2021
-We must stop Hate
-African American Catholics less religious than Protestant counterparts
-Tragedy for Divine Word Missionaries in Indonesia
March 2021
-Pastoral Letter from US Bishops on 1 year anniversary of Pandemic
-Black is Beautiful by Ansel Augustine
-new Bishop for Virgin Islands
-Remembering those who have died from virus at Lafayette, Louisiana parish
-Catastrophic fire at Houston, Texas parish