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Annual Meeting 201927. September, 2020Press ReleaseComments Off on Annual Meeting 2019The National Association of Black Catholic Administrators (NABCA) held their 2019 annual meeting at the Royal Sonesta in Houston, TX. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston was the host and we thank them for their hospitality and presence. During the meeting we had the privilege to hear from our Episcopal Moderator, Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Chicago, and Most Reverend Curtis Guillory, Bishop, Diocese of Beaumont. Our professional development, which was facilitated by Dr. Ansel Augustine, included practical ways on how to effectively minister to young adults. Elections were held this year and the results were; Pamela Harris, President, Diocese of Columbus, James Watts, Vice-President, Diocese of Birmingham, Cary Dabney, Treasurer, Archdiocese of Cleveland, and Sandra Coles-Bell, Secretary, Archdiocese of Washington. The membership discussed the importance of collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and other Black Catholic Organizations to meet the needs and address concerns of Black Catholics. The National Association of Black Catholic Administrators strategic plan was developed in response to the changing environment of Black Catholic Ministries. It was designed for both short- and long-term goals for consistency and relevancy. We are excited to work with and for the church to gather and share resources to effectively address the needs, issues and concerns facing the African American communities, develop and mentor Black Catholic leadership, and to be the change agent for an inclusive church. NABCA appreciates the support of the dioceses and organizations we represent and of USCCB. We are committed to working with the faithful to reflect the rich diversity of our Church in all aspects of ministry. This commitment includes actively participating in parish and community life, advocating for those on the peripheries, and personal spiritual growth. A few concerns that requires collaboration include, but not limited to: • Effective structuring of Ethnic Ministry Offices in dioceses Over the next few years we will increase communication with the Bishop’s Conference, Black Catholic Organizations, and communities that lack Black Catholic ministries. We offer our gifts and talents with the entire church to pass on “What We Have Seen and Heard”. |
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Message from Our President – July 201316. August, 2013UncategorizedNo commentsThe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King never lost faith in his spiritual beliefs. He never lost faith in what God could accomplish in His people then and the generations that would follow. It is hard to imagine the tenor of the times for those who did not experience it. For those who were unborn it can only be viewed in black and white news reels or faded pictures in history books…It is challenging to appreciate 1963, for there were no guarantees back then. There had been no 1964 Civil Rights Act. There had been no 1965 Voting Rights Act. For back in 1963 powerful people in this country, and not only the politically powerful but the financially powerful as well, blocked those reforms. But Dr. King did not despair. Dr. King had faith. In 1963 He took 250,000 of his friends who had not lost faith to Washington D.C., the seat of power in this nation of ours. He called us to Washington to expose to the world and indeed ourselves that we are a bright and capable people filled with faith and hope. With millions watching on television he expressed his faith in all we were doing and the faith in what we had not yet become. He said that he had a dream that one day in the state of Georgia that the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners would sit down around a table of brotherhood. Much has happened since Dr. King was torn from us. If he was here today, his view of the United States would be vexing. For it seems that over time, for every step we took forward we have taken two steps back. This country voted overwhelmingly for a man rooted in Africa as the President and then the government, filled with his political opponents gutted the very law that propelled him into office. One step forward and two steps back. We continue to face the difficult issues we thought won. And yet because of his faith in God, if Dr. King was here today, he would still have faith in us to solve the problems that divide us. And if he had given that same speech today, he might say, “I had a dream that one day in the state of Georgia,” but he might add … “In the board rooms and in the classrooms, in the seats of economic and political and judicial power in this nation, that the sons and daughters of former slaves and the sons and daughters of former slave owners,” might sit down around the table of brotherhood and truly learn to love one another.” Today Dr. King would be vexed indeed, searching for the voice of outrage, the voice that speaks when injustice lays claim to justice and righteousness is struck down by the hand of indecency. Wondering why our court systems, our school systems and our economic systems remain stacked against the poor and the powerless and yet the voices of the influential are inexplicably still. Yes, Dr. King would be vexed. One step forward and two steps back. Our communities are in shambles. The twin demons of drugs and violence have taken up residence and too often sway the souls of our people from peace to that of “I’m gonna get mines.” And “Get rich or die trying”. The decency and richness of what we have been has been betrayed by who we have become. And the silence is deafening. One step forward and two steps back. I believe Dr. King would want us to become unglued to the trappings of the satisfied and stand unsatisfied until every child is filled with joy. So the time is now…the time to act. It is time to act because God is still on His throne…It is time to act because Christ has called us to be fishers of souls… It is time to act. Because the arc of the moral universe is long but bends towards justice…Because there beyond that dim unknown standeth God within the shadows keeping watch above his own… It is time to act because we must awaken to a dream yet unfulfilled. It is time to act because St. Josephine Bakita and Father Augustus Tolton both acted through poverty, slavery and sickness… It is time to act because too many people live in poverty, are enslaved to worldly desires, living by greed and dying by violence. It is time to act knowing the long and difficult path that is ahead …It is time to act because ,“We walk by faith not by sight…” This is the path we must all learn to choose… The path of Faith, in this Year of Faith… We are the church…We are the ones that God has called to go deeply Into our own faith, our own willingness to act…to stand watch…to let nothing ever stop us from responding to God’s almighty call. And we must not be too busy, too afraid or too politically correct to respond in public and in private to a culture of violence that permeates our communities and must be overcome… All that we, the church can do, we must do…And all of us must do something. Art Miller |
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Black Catholic History Month Concert4. October, 2011UncategorizedNo commentsSaturday, Nov 5th, 2011 The Mass Choir of the Archdiocese of Washington Black Catholic History Month Concert Deacon Al Douglas Turner, Director Fellowship and Reception immediately following concert in the Church Hall
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Authentically Black! Truly Catholic!4. October, 2011UncategorizedNo commentsBlack Catholic History Month Event on Enduring the Faith November 19, 2011 Topics:
Presenters: REGISTRATION INFORMATION Register online only at www.richmonddiocese.org/obc For more information, contact Pam Harris at Sponsors: Archdiocese of Washington
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Veneration of Relics of African Saints4. October, 2011Past EventsNo commentsFriday, November 4th, 2011 7PM…. Most Reverend Martin D. Holley Incarnation Catholic Church Reverend John A. Carroll, S.S. J. Information: 301-773-4838
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Welcome to NABCA30. July, 2011UncategorizedNo commentsSample |
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