Celebration of World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life Set for February 2
All members of consecrated life are invited to a Celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 2, at the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden. Religious are asked to RSVP to Sister Mindy Welding at mwelding@diopitt.org. The location is at 1020 W. State Street in Baden, Pa. 15005.
In preparation for a service event in the spring, attendees are asked to donate needed items to create Blessing Bags for the Homeless. Requested items include heavy socks (especially for men), soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes, single-serving snacks, gloves, caps, water bottles, bandages, wet wipes, sunscreen, tuna and cracker packs, nail clippers and files, combs and brushes, lip balm, hand lotion, and face cloths.
A National Celebration of Consecrated Life and the Jubilee Year — sponsored by CMSM, LCWR, CMSWR, USACV and USCSI — will be held online the same day at 6:30 p.m. A link will be sent to superiors with more information.
Author to Recount History of Black Catholic Nuns in U.S.
Dr. Shannon Dee Williams will present America’s Real Sister Act: Black Catholic Nuns in United States History at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19. Part of the 2025 Speaker Series at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School (OLSH), the program will be held in the school’s auditorium in Coraopolis, Pa. Dr. Williams’ presentation will survey the long and rich history of Black Catholic nuns in the nation.
An associate professor of history at the University of Dayton, Dr. Williams is the author of Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle and the winner of the 2022 Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians and the 2023 Wesley-Logan Prize from the American Historical Association and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
The program is free and open to the public. Seats can be reserved at www.olsh.org/speakerseries.
