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- The OBCM Newsletter is the authorized means of communication for the OBCM. It is published monthly and is used primarily to inform the faith community of the New Orleans Archdiocese about local, national, and regional spiritual and social matters that are of particular interest and importance to Black Catholics and to Catholics in general.
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- -Whose life encompassed healing, liberation, compassion and empowerment for the less fortunate.
- -Who loved and cared for slaves and the sick, the orphaned and aged, the forgotten and despised.
- -Who dignified and elevated the status of women of color in New Orleans.
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March is Women's History Month
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Writing Women Back Into History
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'Read Proverbs 31'
Who are the women in your life? Women have always throughout history found themselves in diverse roles as leaders, supporters and advocates of life. An old adage states, "behind every great man, there is a woman." Many times we fail to see women in their own strength and as an able person in their own right. -
On Sunday April 25, at St. Louis Cathedral , we gathered with Sisters of the Holy Family and the Archdiocesan Seminarians to celebrate Vocations. Pope Benedict signed a decree recognizing Mother Henriette Delille, who founded the Sisters of the Holy Family to minister to the poor and elderly, and particularly to slaves, as venerable. Mother Delille's dedication to God, is expressed in her prayer. . . I believe in God. I hope in God. I love. I want to live and die for God, exemplifies her extra ordinary dedication as a woman who loved God with all her heart.
Venerable Henriette Delille lived a virtuous life of heroic virtue. She was a woman . . .
Who are the women in your life? Women of history who achieved against the odds; warriors, teachers, wives, mothers, sisters, friends, aunts. . . Who are they and how have they made this world and your life a better place. Take some time this month to call them to mind, If they are living call or write them. If they are deceased think about them, then call aloud their name. African people believe as long as we can call the name of those who have passed on they still live. Tell someone a story about them. Read about other great women of history. A good website is: http://womenshistorymonth.gov/index.html
There are two great women you should know. One is Louvenia, called Sister by family members. A wife and mother, she raised seven children, and worked an eight hour day job. She was the backbone for her siblings and family. Nothing extraordinary except she is my mother. Then there is Lorraine Johnson, she changed the way I see life. She was an elder, a retired social worker in Chicago who had raised her family, buried her husband and lived in a six bedroom house. In her years of rest, she decided to open her home and turn it into a home for young pregnant girls and their children. She used her money and applied for government funds. She helped over hundred young girls before she died of cancer. Who are the women in your life?
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WHY BLACK CATHOLIC
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HISTORY MONTH?
- The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus (NBCCC) of the United States voted on Tuesday, July 24, 1990 while meeting in convention at Fordham University in New York, to establish November as BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY MONTH. The reason behind the selection of the month of November was the number of important dates to Catholics of African descent that fell within this month.
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