Juneteenth and the Life of the First Black American Catholic Priest
Venerable Augustus Tolton is on the path to sainthood.
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Juneteenth and the Life of the First Black American Catholic Priest
No American seminary would accept Tolton because of his race, so he studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained in 1886 at the age of 31, becoming the first African American ordained as a priest.
‘American Spartacus’: On Juneteenth, Let’s Honor This Black Catholic Civil War Hero
Captain André Cailloux’s heroism is nearly forgotten, but Catholics should honor his bold sacrifice, which his contemporaries believed decisively changed the outcome of the Civil War.
