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by bcadmin | Sep 10, 2022 | Books, carivaggio, covid, Features, George Floyd, Gerard Manley Hopkins, News, Paul Mariani, Plato, Poetry, riots, Robert Service, St. Augustine, Winslow Homer | 0 |
The poet, literary biographer, and Catholic spiritual writer, Paul Mariani published his last book of poems, Ordinary Time, in 2019. Much of it written in the aftermath of his recovery from a brain tumor, the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Bishop Williams, Bishop-elect Joseph Williams, Featured, George Floyd, News, Norberta Lopez, Rescue | 0 |
Bishop-elect Joseph Williams brought a different kind of salvation to Norberta Lopez and her family: a physical rescue in the midst of protests and rioting that took place after the May 25, 2020, police-involved killing of George Floyd, an African American.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 29, 2021 | Black Lives Matter, Catholic art, Catholic News Service, Catholic University of America, Church in the US, George Floyd, News | 0 |
A second icon of Mary holding Jesus has been stolen from outside a chapel at The Catholic University of America following complaints that the image of Christ resembled George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 30, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Catholic University of America, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, Racism, religious art | 0 |
The president of The Catholic University of America said the institution’s law school has replaced an icon of Mary holding Jesus that was stolen after some complained the image of Christ resembled George Floyd.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 29, 2021 | Catholic University of America, George Floyd, Mary holding Jesus, Michelangelo's Pietà, News, Stolen icon, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The president of The Catholic University of America said the institution’s law school has replaced an icon of Mary holding Jesus that was stolen after some complained the image of Christ resembled George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2021 | Featured, George Floyd, George Floyd Square, Latin American countries, Local News, News, Religious Sisters | 0 |
Thirty-eight religious sisters representing a number of Latin American countries and serving in impoverished Latino communities across the U.S. prayed and sang during a visit to George Floyd Square in Minneapolis Nov. 15. They also marked a map at the site showing where visitors are from.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 27, 2021 | civil rights, George Floyd, Local News, Minnesota Council of Churches, News, Our Lady of Lourdes, Picks, Restorative Justice and Healing, restorative justice initiative, University of St. Thomas, UST School of Law | 0 |
Leaders of two initiatives at the University of St. Thomas are co-sponsoring a keynote address followed by panel discussions Oct. 13 that will explore racial injustice and ways to heal through restorative justice: naming the harm, discussing its ramifications and finding hope.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | Communion and Social Justice, Concern for the unborn, COVID-19, From Readers, George Floyd, News, Separated and Divorced Catholics | 0 |
Check the numbers
Concern for the unborn?
‘Put it beautifully’
Ministry needed
by bcadmin | Jun 29, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, police brutality | 0 |
Following Derek Chauvin’s June 25 sentencing for the murder of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed it would “bring a measure of peace and healing” to Floyd’s family, his friends “and our community.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2021 | Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Local News, News, verdict | 0 |
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced June 25 to 22 ½ years in prison for killing George Floyd in a police-custody death that one year ago rocked the Twin Cities and the nation with protests, riots and a searing national debate over racism and justice that continues to this day.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2021 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Shelton Fabre, George Floyd, Interviews, lead, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism | 0 |
A year after George Floyd’s death brought racial injustice to the forefront of American society, Bishop Shelton Fabre hopes it will continue to act as a watershed moment for race relations in America and serve as a catalyst for conversation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Catholics, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, Racial justice, Racism | 0 |
Last summer, protests focused on racial justice and police reform followed George Floyd’s death in the Twin Cities and around the country. Rioting also broke out in St. Paul and Minneapolis and other U.S. cities.
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