Sr Mary Francis Bard to make final vows with Holy Family Sisters
The Kentucky native was recently a featured speaker for the 2023 National Day of Prayer for Black Vocations.
The Kentucky native was recently a featured speaker for the 2023 National Day of Prayer for Black Vocations.
Their first-ever joint senior and junior convention was held from July 13-19 in New Orleans, the city of their national headquarters.
The Creole Catholic pioneer's case in Rome will now be handled by a Dutchman who heads multiple other causes for African Americans.
The honor comes for seniors Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson after they made international headlines in recent months with a new math proof.
Sr Mary Francis Bard, SSF, will serve as the guest speaker for the annual virtual event.
Amid international praise, mixed with academic doubters, the two teens have been encouraged to submit their work to a peer-reviewed journal.
It will be the second Black Catholic school in the Archdiocese of New Orleans to be shuttered in the past year-plus.
The sainthood guild for one of New Orleans' best-known Black Catholics is hopeful for a miracle as a major transition takes place in the 35-year old cause.
A veteran member of the Sisters of the Holy Family has passed away in New Orleans after 75 years of religious life.
A Jesuit priest discusses his new book, covering a familiar topic and including the perspectives, stories, and holy resistance of Black Catholics.
A Black nun and former co-director of canonization efforts for her order's foundress, Venerable Henriette DeLille, has died in New Orleans.
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One of the nation's oldest Black Catholic schools, founded in New Orleans by Venerable Henriette DeLille, is transitioning to lay leadership.
Ralph Moore Jr., a member of the group behind a letter-writing campaign to canonize the six African Americans to sainthood, makes his case for hagiological inclusion.
Today in New Orleans, an African-American convert will become a full member of the nation's second-oldest order of Black nuns, founded in 1837 by Venerable Henriette DeLille.
The nation's second-oldest order of Black nuns has elected their new leadership team, including a 53-year member as superior general.