Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman

Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman left an indelible mark on her community and on her Church. She lovingly taught young people about the joy of being Christian, she challenged her church to accept her as “fully black and fully Catholic,” she embraced her suffering with a willing spirit and she called all to a living faith.

Join Redemptorist Father Maurice J. Nutt, the Diocesan Liaison of the Cause for Canonization of Sister Thea for the Diocese of Jackson, on November 8 and 9 from 6 - 9 p.m. at Holy Cross Parish (Austin) for Evenings of Reflection on S. Thea Bowman. Father Nutt will share the story of the granddaughter of enslaved persons who converted to Catholicism and later joined the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. 

Father Nutt will capture her as she was: an unapologetically Black woman, a religious sister who deeply loved God and the people to whom she ministered through teaching, preaching, and singing, all while embracing the blessing of her ancestry, the wisdom of the “old folks,” and a passion for justice and equality for all God’s children.