Our current letter is to be sent to the Vatican in support of the canonization of six African Americans on the path to sainthood asking Pope Francis to name Pierre Toussaint, Mother Mary Lange, Henriette DeLille, Augustus Tolton, Julie Greeley, and Sr. Thea Bowman as Catholic saints.
The letters can be sent to the Apotoslic Nuncio in Washington DC due to the cost of postage. Archbishop Christophe Pierre will forward them to Pope Francis.
Open, print, sign, and mail letter:
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Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1776-1853) was born a slave in Haiti. Philanthropist & Founder of many Catholic charitable works.
Mother Mary Lange, 1784-1882) was the foundress and first Superior General of the Oblate Sisters of Providence (1829-1832), the first congregation of African American women religious in the history of the Catholic Church.
Venerable Henriette Delille (1813-1862) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she lived all of her life. She was determined to help those in need for the love of Jesus and for the sake of the Gospel.
Fr. Augustus Tolton(1854-1897) was the first Roman Catholic priest in the United States publicly known to be black when he was ordained in 1886.
Julia Greeley (1833&1848-1918) was born into slavery, at Hannibal, Missouri. Freed by Missouri's Emancipation Act in 1865, Julia subsequently earned her keep by serving white families in Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico—though mostly in the Denver area
Sr. Thea Bowman, FSPA (1937-1990) was a self-proclaimed, “old folks’ child”. She is acclaimed a “holy woman” in the hearts of those who knew and loved her and continue to seek her intercession for guidance and healing.