"I bring my whole history, my traditions, my experience, my culture, my African-American song and dance and gesture and movement and ...
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| | Reflection for Black History Month “What does it mean to be black and Catholic? It means that I come to my church fully functioning. I bring myself, my black self, all that I am, all that I have, all that I hope to become. I bring my whole history, my traditions, my experience, my culture, my African-American song and dance and gesture and movement and teaching and preaching and healing and responsibility as gift to the Church.” —Sr. Thea Bowman, as quoted in the book The Franciscan Saints |
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| "Such a rich and loving life as Thea Bowman's certainly needs to be talked about! Here you will get all the beautiful stages of her extraordinary life. Read and be transformed yourself!" —Richard Rohr, O.F.M. Thea's Song: The Life of Thea Bowman Thea Bowman was a black girl born in Civil Rights-era Mississippi who joined a convent of white Catholic sisters in Wisconsin and went on to inspire millions of all faiths and none. She fought prejudice and sadness and brought joy to others even during her struggle with cancer and long after her untimely death in 1990. |
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