Black Catholic Messenger

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Black Catholic Messenger
Type of businessNonprofit
Type of site
 Online newspaper
Available inEnglish
FoundedOctober 2020 (2020-10)
Country of origin United States
Founder(s) Nate Tinner-Williams, Preslaysa Williams, Alessandra Harris
EditorNate Tinner-Williams
Parent Black Catholic Messenger Foundation
URL blackcatholicmessenger.org
Current statusActive

Black Catholic Messenger (BCM) is a nonprofit media publication covering stories of interest to African-American Catholics. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Its coverage has been featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer , La Croix , Aleteia , and the Baltimore Afro-American . [1] [5] [6] [7] BCM established a republishing partnership with National Catholic Reporter in 2022. [8]

History

The publication was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana, in late 2020. Nate Tinner-Williams—inspired by the model of Daniel Rudd, the 19th- and 20th-century Black Catholic journalist from Ohio—formed a group of young African-American Catholics to create a publication that could possibly revive Rudd's journalistic legacy. [1] [2]

The group, consisting of Tinner-Williams and authors Alessandra Harris and Preslaysa Williams, began their work in October of that year. [9] [10] [11] [12]

The publication reports on various issues in the Catholic Church and the Black community, some of which education, episcopal governance, racism, vocations, abuse, and notable deaths. [13] [14] [5] The Messenger also publishes interviews and art, including photography and poetry. [15] [16]

Editor

Nate Tinner-Williams serves as editor of the publication and in that capacity has been featured in America, National Catholic Reporter , and The Philadelphia Inquirer . [6] [7] [10] [17] [18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bailey, Deborah (February 19, 2022). "Black Catholic Messenger brings young, Black Catholic voices and perspectives". AFRO American Newspapers. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "History & Vision". Black Catholic Messenger. November 1, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Conversion begins with healing - Our Sunday Visitor". Our Sunday Visitor. March 5, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mapping Black Media". City University of New York. November 30, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Black Catholics in US dismayed after archbishop calls protests pseudo-religions". international.la-croix.com. November 9, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Days, Michael (February 25, 2021). "Black Catholics deserved recognition in PBS doc on Black churches". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Mauro, JP (September 1, 2021). "Stage production on life of Venerable Augustus Tolton soon to be a movie". Aleteia. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Black Catholic Messenger, NCR announce partnership". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  9. ↑ Muller, Madison (November 11, 2021). "Catholic Leaders Say Social Justice Isn't In Conflict With Faith". Sojourners. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Rasmussen, Erika (February 24, 2021). "Should the Catholic Church have an African-American rite? This Black Catholic convert thinks so". America Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  11. ↑ "10 Black Catholic Women You Should Follow on Social Media • FemCatholic". www.femcatholic.com. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  12. ↑ "The Vision and Mission of the Black Catholic Messenger: An Interview with Nate Tinner-Williams". Millennial Journal. September 15, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Michael Howard Named Inaugural Fellow in New Black Catholic Program at Loyola Marymount University". LMU Newsroom. March 22, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Black sisters group takes archbishop to task for comments on social justice". Global Sisters Report. November 16, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  15. ↑ "President Garibaldi featured in interview with Black Catholic Messenger". Detroit Mercy Campus Connection. April 29, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Black Catholic poet shares experience in verse". Today's Catholic. March 30, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  17. ↑ McCormick, Bill (April 29, 2021). "Was Joe Biden preaching Catholic social teaching to the Congress last night? Supporters think so". America Magazine. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  18. ↑ Fraga, Brian (August 16, 2021). "As Southern states restrict voting rights, local bishops remain largely silent". National Catholic Reporter . Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
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