NBCCC RACISM RESOURCE PAGE
While not exhaustive, following is a collection of statements and resources regarding racism and current events. Our apologies for any omissions or errors.
Statements
- Pope Francis
- Statement of U.S. Bishop Chairmen in Wake of Death of George Floyd and National Protests
- Most Reverend José H. Gomez, President of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Statements from Black Catholic Organizations:
U.S. Black Bishop Statements and Resources:
- Most Reverend Roy E. Campbell, Jr., Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, President of National Black Catholic Congress
- Most Reverend Fernand J. Cheri, OFM, Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans
- Prayer Service: Requiem for Black Children of God
- Most Reverend Shelton J. Fabre, V.G., Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Chairman of Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.
- Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Washington
- Most Reverend Curtis J. Guillory, SVD, Bishop of Beaumont
- Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
- Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D., Diocese of Belleville, IL (retired)
- The Black Bishops of the United States, What We’ve Seen and Heard: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization, September 9, 1984
Some Black Catholic Resources on Racism
- Rev. Bryan Massingale, Ph.D
- The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it (National Catholic Reporter)
- Racial Justice and the Catholic Church (Orbis)
- Rev. Joseph Brown, S.J, Ph.D
- Carbondale leaders reflect on George Floyd killing in Minneapolis (Southern Illinoisan)
- Black in America: I am tired (National Catholic Reporter)
- My Arms Are Empty: A Lamentation (will be in upcoming issue of America Magazine)
- Rev. Clarence Williams, CPpS, Ph.D
- Institute for Black Catholic Studies (take relevant summer courses online), Xavier University of New Orleans.
- Racism and COVID-19
- U.S. Bishop Chairmen Issue Statement Urging State and National Leaders to Examine Impact of COVID-19 Virus on African American Communities
- The Truth Exposed: Mental Health, Trauma, and COVID-19 & Being Black in America (Panel of experts, Xavier University of New Orleans, April 30, 2020)
- The History of Black Catholics in the United States, by the late Rev. Cyprian Davis
- Six African American Candidates for Sainthood (Catholic Church has named ZERO African American saints — learn/share these stories!)
- What does it mean to be Black and Catholic in America? Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman’s 1989 Address to U.S. Bishops.
- Xavier University of New Orleans (the only historically Black Catholic University)
Other Catholic Resources to Combat Racism
- USCCB — Combatting Racism – Statements and Letters
- USCCB bibliography of journal articles or books written by African American Catholic authors or by non-African American Catholic authors whose work is about the African American
Catholic community. - Required reading: A Black Catholic syllabus, by U.S. Catholic Magazine
A reading list on the history of Black Catholics in the United States and their contributions to Catholic theology, history, and activism.
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