Sr. Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., Ph.D., was born in the small rural town of Canton in Central Mississippi. Her grandfather was a slave; her father was a physician and her mother, a teacher. In 1965, Sr.

It‘s been nearly 30 years since Sr. Thea Bowman famous- ly declared to a gathering of the U.S. Catholic bishops that her “Black self,” with all the Black songs, dances, and traditions she’d imbibed ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A woman laid to rest here in Memphis is one of only a handful of African Americans on the path to sainthood in the Catholic Church. As FOX13 celebrates Black History Month, we share ...

Bishop Joseph Kopacz of the Diocese of Jackson held a special celebration on Saturday, honoring the life and legacy of Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman. The event featured the installation and ...

Sister Thea Bowman entered the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1953, the first African-American woman to do so, and dedicated her life to fighting for civil rights, leaving a lasting ...

The whispers began before Sister Thea Bowman reached Colorado for one of the final mission trips she would make before dying in 1990 at the age of 52. The only African-American in the Franciscan ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Kenneth Nance Jr. has been appointed principal of Sister Thea ...

Vanessa White will present “All God’s Children: Keeping the Spirit of Sr. Thea Bowman Alive,” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19, in the Viterbo University San Damiano Chapel. Thea Bowman was a famous member ...

The State Board of Education approved Calumet College of St. Joseph’s charter authorization of Gary’s Thea Bowman Leadership Academy charter school on Wednesday. The state board unanimously approved ...