"Stamped with the image of God" : African Americans as God's image in Black / Cyprian Davis, Jamie Phelps, editors.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Davis, Cyprian.
• Phelps, Jamie T. (Jamie Therese), 1941-

Series:

• American Catholic identities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African American Catholics--History.
• African American Catholics.
• History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 156 pages : portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2003]

Summary:

Selected by two of America's leading Black Catholic scholars, documents included here demonstrate that African Americans have long been an integral part of Catholic history in America. From the Spanish and French periods of the pre-Revolutionary South, continuing through the Civil War and the 20th century struggles against racism, "Stamped with the Image of God" offers hope for all Catholics as they search to realize a communion that embraces members of all races and cultures as equals.

Contents:

• Part 1 The Spanish and French Period
• 1. The Brotherhood of Blessed Mary of the Blacks, Valencia, 1472 3
• 2. Ecclesiastical Records of St. Augustine Parish in Florida, 1796, 1812 5
• 3. Civil and Ecclesiastical Records of Louisiana: The Code Noir, 1724 6
• 4. The Ursuline Nuns Limit Their Instruction of Girls of Color, 1797 12
• Part 2 The Pre-Civil War Period
• 5. The Devotional Life of Blacks in the Confraternity of Mount Carmel, 1796 16
• 6. Portrait of a Saintly Slave, 1806 18
• 7. Petition of the Catholic People of Color in Philadelphia, 1817 20
• 8. The Clandestine Marriages of Slaves, 1839 20
• 9. A Catholic Mutual Benefit Society, 1843 22
• 10. Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in Santo Domingo, 1854 24
• 11. Two Letters by Pierre Toussaint, 1839 25
• 12. George Paddington, Black Priest from Ireland, Missionary in Haiti, Friend of Pierre Toussaint, 1836 28
• 13. A Black Woman's Letter to Pope Pius IX, 1853 30
• 14. Letter of William Henry Elder, Bishop of Natchez, to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, in Which He Describes His Ministry to Slaves, 1858 32
• 15. The Defense of Slavery: The Pastoral Letter of Monsignor the Bishop of Natchitoches on the Occasion of the War of the South for Its Independence, 1861 35
• 16. In Defense of Slavery: A Tract for the Times, Slavery and Abolitionism Being the Substance of a Sermon Preached in the Church of St. Augustine, Florida, on the 4th Day of January, 1861, Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer, by the Right Reverend A. Verot, D.D., Vicar Apostolic of Florida, 1861 36
• 17. The Catholic Opposition to Slavery: In Supremo Apostolatus Fastigio, 1839 38
• 18. Daniel O'Connell's Address against Slavery, 1833 40
• 19. Public Letter of Augustin Cochin, Catholic Abolitionist, against American Slavery, to Albert, Duc de Broglie, 1863 42
• 20. Letter of Monsignor the Bishop of Orleans to the Clergy of His Diocese on Slavery, 1862 43
• Part 3 Congregations of Black Sisters
• 21. From the "Journal of the Sisters of Providence," 1829 47
• 22. The Journal of Sister Bernard Deggs: A History of the Sisters of the Holy Family, 1894 51
• Part 4 The Post-Civil War Period
• 23. The Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, the Minutes of the Extraordinary Session, October 22, 1866 55
• 24. The Bishops' Pastoral Letter at the Close of the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1866 57
• 25. America's First Black Catholic Priests: Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Boston, to Archbishop John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, 1859 58
• 26. Bishop Healy Excuses Himself from Attendance at the Third Black Catholic Congress in Philadelphia, 1891 59
• 27. Father Augustus Tolton to John R. Slattery, S.S.J., on His Vocation, 1890 60
• 28. Father Tolton Writes St. Katherine Drexel, Foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, 1891 62
• 29. Canon Benoit Notes in His Diary the Situation of Blacks in the United States, 1875 64
• Part 5 The Sound of Black Catholic Voices
• 30. John R. Slattery, S.S.J., and the Education of Black Priests, 1899 67
• 31. The Trials of a Black Priest, John Henry Dorsey, S.S.J., to John R. Slattery, S.S.J., 1903 70
• 32. Black Parishioners Write to Their Bishop, 1888 72
• 33. Daniel Rudd, Newspaper Editor, Lecturer, Lay Leader, 1888 74
• 34. Daniel Rudd Explains the Proposed Congress of Black Catholics, 1888 76
• 35. Daniel Rudd's Two Letters to William Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati, 1888 78
• 36. The Black Catholic Lay Congresses, 1889, 1893 79
• 37. Charles H. Butler of Washington, D.C., "The Condition and Future of the Negro Race," 1893 83
• Part 6 The "Color Line" of the Twentieth Century
• 38. Letter of Cardinal Gotti to the Apostolic Delegate on the Treatment of Black Catholics, 1904 87
• 39. A Report to the Holy See on the Situation of African Americans in the United States, 1903 88
• 40. "The Catholic Church and the Negro," by Lincoln Valle: The Failure of the Catholic Church in the South to Reach Out to African Americans, 1923 89
• 41. Thomas Wyatt Turner, Black Catholic Lay Leader of the Twentieth Century, a Letter to an Archbishop on the Situation of Black Catholics, 1919, and Letter to the Bishops, 1932 90
• 42. Permission Granted to Found the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, Savannah, 1916 94
• 43. Chronicle of the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, 1941 95
• 44. Decision to Form a Fraternal Order for Black Catholics, 1909 96
• 45. The Colored Knights in Convention, 1916 97
• 46. Father Peter Janser, S.V.D., Informs the American Bishops of the Establishment of a Seminary to Teach Black Students for the Priesthood, 1921 98
• 47. Pope Pius XI Writes to the Superior General of the Society of the Divine Word to Give Support for the Education of African American Men to the Priesthood, 1923 101
• Part 7 Mid-Century: Winds of Change
• 48. Claude McKay, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Convert, 1946-47 103
• 49. The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman, by Ellen Tarry, 1955 107
• Part 8 Civil Rights and African American Catholics
• 50. A Statement of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, 1968 111
• 51. The Survival of Soul: National Black Sisters' Conference Position Paper, 1969 114
• 52. Lawrence Lucas, A Black Priest Faces the Reality of Racism in the Catholic Church, 1970 116
• 53. Joseph Davis, The Beginning of the National Office for Black Catholics, 1970 118
• 54. National Office for Black Catholics, Black Perspectives on Evangelization of the Modern World, 1974 121
• 55. Edward K. Braxton, "Toward a Black Catholic Theology," 1977 124
• 56. The Black Catholic Theological Symposium, 1978 127
• Part 9 The Church Addresses Racism
• 57. Bishop Vincent Waters Desegregates All Catholic Parishes in North Carolina, 1953 131
• 58. U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Racism, 1979 134
• 59. Black Bishops of the United States, Pastoral Letter on Evangelization, 1984 135
• 60. Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace, Statement on Racism, 1988 137
• 61. Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Black Bishops' Letter on Racism, 1989 140
• Part 10 The Witness of African American Catholics: Challenge and Hope
• 62. Clarence Rivers, "The Gift of Music," 2001 143
• 63. Bryan Massingale, "The African American Experience and United States Roman Catholic Ethics," 1997 145
• 64. M. Shawn Copeland, "Catholic Theology: African American Context," 1998 146
• 65. Thea Bowman, "Voice of the People, Voice of an Age," 1985 148
• 66. Diana L. Hayes, Voice of Womanists, 1998 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1570755221
• 1570753512

OCLC:

52901442