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E-Newsletter of the

Subcommittee on African American Affairs (SAAA) 

 March 2015
In This Issue
God of the Journey Prayer Cards Available
Nominations Open for 2015 Black Catholic Young Adult Listening Session
Webinar for Diocesan Directors of Black Catholic Ministry and Multicultural Ministry
Purchase a Memorial Paver for the March from Selma
Stations of the Cross for Social Justice
2015 Oracle National Summer Institute for Youth
Walking with the Saints
African American Vocation: Become a Franciscan

Assistant Director African American Affairs

                 

  


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Dear Friends,

 

Happy 2015! Here is some good news for our ministry. 

 

God of the Journey Prayer Cards Available
 

This prayer card was created for use at solidarity events honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement.  In 2015 we remember the heroic March from Selma to Montgomery and passage of the Civil Rights Act.  Download the prayer from the African American Affairs webpage.  Or, if planning an event order it on cardstock.  To receive up to 100 prayer cards FREE, email [email protected] 

with news of the event and desired quantity of cards. 

Nominations Open for 2015 Black Catholic Young Adult Listening Session              

Submit nomination(s) by April 10, 2015. Read more about the special event and complete the nomination form. 
  
Webinar for Diocesan Directors of Black Catholic Ministry and Multicultural Ministry on March 18, 2015, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST. 

 

Mark your calendar for this informative networking opportunity.  Hear how two diocesan directors for African American Catholic Ministry are connecting with the Black Catholic community throughout the year.  Also, share your best ideas with other directors/coordinators. 

 

Note this link and conference call details:  

Log in as a guest at: http://usccb.adobeconnect.com/bcm/. 

Once you have logged in, please call toll free:  1-877-228-3100 and use participant code 655424#. 

Purchase a Memorial Paver for the March from Selma

There's still time to share in our African American Catholic history.  Have your name or that or your organization included in the Memorial Garden at the last stop on the historic march, Campsite 4 at the City St. Jude Catholic center in Montgomery Alabama. Learn more at www.campsite4.org.

  

Stations of the Cross for Social Justice   

 

Consider using this Lenten resource that was created with the "least of those" in mind, for personal or group devotion.  May it help focus on the needs of those who yearn and hope for justice.     

 

2015 Oracle National Summer Institute for Youth    
 

Applications are still being accepted for this 2 � week residential Christian leadership program. View the Oracle flyer.

 

Walking with the Saints
 

Support the cause for the canonization of Fr. Augustus Tolton and three others on the path to sainthood.  To learn more view the Tolton Resource Sheet. 

 

African-American Vocation: Become A Franciscan
 

Join the Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, FHM.  Sign up for the FHM Summer Week of Discernment in New York. View and share FHM flyer. 

 

Please feel free to contact me at 202-541-3178 or [email protected] .

Your Partner in Ministry,
  

Donna Toliver Grimes

Assistant Director - African American Affairs

USCCB Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church 

 

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