March 21, 2018

"Black people, in ages past, have traditional ways of teaching the children to rejoice in grief, in adversity, in oppression, in slavery. It's that kind of joy that helps a person keep going in faith."

—Sr. Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, quoted in "Black spiritual traditions have long history in Catholic Church," published on Global Sisters Report

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