WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officials at The Catholic University of America dedicated and blessed a campus street April 29 named in honor of the late Sister Thea Bowman, a noted educator and evangelist ...

Sister Thea Bowman and Catholic Spirituality. by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins - Published on July 06, 2021 It‘s been nearly 30 years since Sr. Thea Bowman famous- ly declared to a gathering of the U.S.

CNA Staff, Jun 18, 2020 / 02:00 am. Sister Thea Bowman was the granddaughter of a slave, an advocate for racial justice, and the first African American woman to address the U.S. bishops' conference.

During the 1960s, Sister Thea Bowman became an integral part in the civil rights movement. It is because of her work in civil rights that the Diocese of Jackson opened a cause for canonization in ...

Sister Thea Bowman, who served the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, is on the next level to sainthood with the Pope’s blessing. “We’re talking about somebody who put herself last.

The print of a portrait of Sister Thea Bowman by Mississippi artist Vernon Adams is seen along with religious items at the new Catholic Student Center at Howard University Aug. 28, 2023.

In Washington, Bowman earned a master's and a doctorate degree in English from The Catholic University of America, and in 2022, a street at the campus was renamed as Sister Thea Bowman Drive.

Sister Thea Bowman, a candidate for sainthood, will be celebrated every year on the anniversary of her death, March 30, at Viterbo University, where she taught and earned her bachelor’s degree.

Bowman's cause for sainthood was opened in 2018, marking her as a Servant of God in the process toward canonization.“The blessing of this amazing statue is a tangible sign of the ongoing cause for the ...

So, it’s only fitting that Bowman has become the namesake of the new Sister Thea Bowman Montessori School of St. Patrick, which is located at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Downtown Memphis and ...

Sister Thea Bowman and Catholic Spirituality. by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins - Published on July 06, 2021 It‘s been nearly 30 years since Sr. Thea Bowman famous- ly declared to a gathering of the U.S.