Born: April 1, 1854 Died: July 9, 1897 Feast: N/A Patron saint of: N/A Tolton is known as the first American priest of African descent who identified as Black...
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When a young woman in an Alabama parish heard that the Jesuits of St. Louis were organizing a solidarity stand vigil, she was inspired to arrange something...
Journalist Tim Egan on the pilgrimage that reignited his faith Family trauma and professional skepticism led to a 1,000-mile walk of faith To parent in the...
November 2020 VOL. 85, NO. 11 Scroll through the Table of Contents to view what’s in this month’s print issue. Some articles are available only in the print...
Two parishes stand at the heart of St. Louis, Missouri: St. Francis Xavier (more commonly known as College Church, with a congregation that is predominantly...
The rosary is probably the most well-known of all Catholic prayer practices. Many Catholics grew up praying it as part of their family or community devotions...
Few artists can weave together theological, cultural, and aesthetic values as gracefully as Janet McKenzie does. As with many great masters, she makes the most...
By all accounts, Mother Mary Lange was a holy woman. She was also a revolutionary in every way that a visibly Black nun ministering in the slaveholding and...
When Juana de la Cruz Vasquez Gutiérrez was only 4 years old, she was injured in a fall from a horse. As she lay on the ground, she had a vision in which Mary...
More Than I Imagined By John Blake (Convergent Books, 2023) As a veteran journalist, John Blake gives voice to the stories of Black people suffering from...