Good Intentions Closed My Church.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Author(s): Williams, Charles
  • Source:
    America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture. 2/17/2020, Vol. 222 Issue 4, p40-43. 4p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      AFRICAN American Catholics; AMERICAN Catholics; CATHOLIC Church; RACISM; CHURCH officers
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The author reflects on his journey as an African American catholic. He discusses the role played by the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia in his becoming a catholic, the anger he felt toward the church for many years since his family and the black community experienced racist acts, and his decision to come back to the church in 1995 and serve as the interim director of the Richmond Diocese's Office for Black Catholics.