Cardinal Gregory of Washington blesses new Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center at Howard University, one of the nation's oldest historically Black universities.
Many are remembering how Harry Belafonte, who died April 25 in New York at age 96, was so inspired by the life ministry of Sister Thea Bowman that he had planned to make a film about her.
In turn, the singer, actor and
As they progress toward sainthood, and the possibility of becoming the first recognized Black Catholic saints of the United States, Father Tolton's and Sister Thea's lives are inspiring theater audiences from coast to coast in two plays, St. Luke Productions' "Tolton: From
A new documentary on Sister Thea Bowman shines a light on her life and work as an advocate for racial justice and intercultural understanding.
The idea for the documentary came to Franciscan Sister Judith Ann Zielinski, who wrote and produced the film, after
Officials at The Catholic University of America dedicated and blessed a campus street April 29 named in honor of the late Sister Thea Bowman, a noted educator and evangelist who studied at Catholic University and whose cause for canonization was opened in