 St. Josephine Bakhita’s journey is one of resilience, faith, and forgiveness. Born in Sudan, she endured unimaginable hardship after being taken into slavery. But in Italy, she found her freedom—and her faith. She became a Canossian sister, dedicating her life to God and sharing a message of hope and forgiveness with everyone she met. Canonized in 2000, St. Josephine is now a powerful symbol of human dignity and a patron saint for survivors of human trafficking. May her life inspire us all to choose compassion and courage.
“I am definitively loved and whatever happens to me - I am awaited by this Love. And so my life is good.” #blackcatholichistorymonth #passionists #passionistshcp
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 November 3 is the Feast of St. Martin De Porres.
“Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God.”  The granddaughter of slaves, Sr. Thea Bowman was the only African American member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, and she transcended racism to leave a lasting mark on U.S. Catholic life in the late 20th century.
“What does it mean to be Black and Catholic? It means that I come to my Church fully functioning. I bring myself; my Black self, all that I am, all that I have, all that I hope to become. I bring my whole history, my traditions, my experience, my culture…as gifts to the church.” Source: Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration |
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