Once a year, the vibrant African community at St. Joseph’s Church comes alive and fully embodies the spirit of their continent’s vibrant Catholic traditions.
African-American parishioners
Bishop Sees Family as Key to African-American Catholics
The African family, with its reverence of elders, sense of solidarity and community and adherence to religious traditions has great gifts that need to be shared, a Louisiana bishop said Aug. 6 in addressing a group of about 300 Catholics who hail from the continent.
Haiti’s Independence Day – Our Lady of Refuge Church Is Site of Diocesan Celebration
Haitians from around the diocese gathered at Our Lady of Refuge Church, Flatbush, to celebrate 209 years of independence of the first free black republic in the world.