Celebrations
CELEBRATE BLACK CATHOLICS
Henriette Delille
Fr. Augustus Tolton
Servant of God
National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus
The Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart
Black History:
Garrett Morgan, 1877-1963,
invented what is now the gas mask and the traffic signal.
Patricia Bath, 1942, first
African-American female doctor to receive a patent for a
medical invention, the Laserphaco, a device as she describes
"apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses."
(smithsonian.org)
Asian-Pacific History
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
Manjiro - a Japanese fisherman who became influential in
ending Japan's centuries of isolation.
Click here for more information.
Library
of Congress
Virginia Historical Society
American Indian
Heritage Month
November is American Indian Heritage Month.
Ira Hamilton Hayes was a Pima Native American, in addition
to an American Marine, who is one of the six men in the
iconic photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima during WWII.
Click here for more information.
National Black
Catholic Month
November is National Black Catholic Month.
Rev. William Norvel, became the first African-American
Superior General for the,
Josephite Priests and
Brothers, in October, 2010.
Daniel Rudd, founder of the National Black Catholic Congress. Read more about Rudd at www.nbccongress.org and to sign up for NBCC Newsletter.
Holy Days of
Obligation
February 22, 2012: Ash Wednesday
April 8, 2012: Easter Sunday
May 17, 2012: The Ascension of the Lord
May 27, 2012: Pentecost Sunday
June 10, 2012: The Most Holy Body and Blood of
Christ
December 2, 2012: First Sunday of Advent