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We need to
bring the
Gospel of the
heart of
every man
and woman
and make it
penetrate
every part of
society......
Pope John
Paul II
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Take
a Loved one to the Doctor
------- Respect
Life Sunday ------------------ NBCAL
Affiliates
REVERENCE FOR LIFE
Publication of the National Black Catholic
Apostolate for Life
Pray Proclaim and Promote the Gospel of Life
Fall 2002
Jesus fill us with reverence for all human life.
Jesus fill us with reverence for one another.
Jesus fill us with reverence for all that is holy.
Jesus fill us with reverence for you our God.
The National Black Catholic Apostolate
for Life is a National Partner with the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services for the ‘TAKE A LOVED ONE TO THE
DOCTOR DAY’ September 24, 2002. Recognizing that a serious
health gap exists between racial and ethnic populations and
the general public, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, along with ABC Radio Urban Advantage Network, have
launched a national campaign aimed at encouraging
individuals to take a loved one to the doctor, and to get a
check-up themselves. Why? Because it is much easier and less
costly to prevent an illness than treat it. It is also much
easier to stay healthy than to be sick. "It’s All
About Life". We encourage your parishes and
institutions to be involved on this national African
American health day.
(TO THE DOCTOR DAY announcement on page 2)
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Black Catholic Vigil for Life
Saturday evening October 5, 2002
A time to pray, proclaim, and promote the dignity of life.
(Black Catholic Vigil announcement on page 3)
Respect Life Sunday
October 6, 2002
"Let us read, and pray, and study and live the Gospel of Life
that we may grow
rich in grace and abundant in God’s holy life."
(Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities: USCCB)
"Abortion Awareness Month in the Black
Community" was a big success. Our gratitude to our
co-sponsors: the National Right to Life Committee’s Black
Americans for Life. We also wish to
thank all those who supported and promoted this June awareness
project.
Over 40 thousand brochures were ordered throughout the U.S.
"God fill us always with a reverence for life".
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NBCAL Board of Consultants
Bishop J. Terry Steib,
SVD, D.D., Episcopal Advisor, Fr. Jim Goode, OFM, Ph.D, President
Dr. Beverly A. Carroll,
USCCB: SAAC - Sr. Donna Banfield, SBS, NBSC
Fr. Anthony Bozeman, NBCCC
Supreme Lady Mary Briers, KPCLA
Ms. Charolette Davis, NABCA
Br. Tyrone Davis, CFC, - NBCCC
Deacon Jerry Lett, NAAACD -
Ms. Sandra Moore-Mann, NABCA
Supreme Knight Arthur
McFarland, KPC - Sr. Claire Napoleon, FMM, NBSC
Msgr. Patrick R. Wells,
NBCCC - Mr. Michael Youngblood, NAACYMN
Sr. Anita Baird, DHM, Pres.
NBSC – Fr. Chester P. Smith, SVD, Pres. NBCCC
Partnership
National
Black Catholic Congress - Xavier University
Institute for Black Catholic Studies
www.blackcatholicsforlife.org
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Reverence for Life :
A PUBLICATION OF NBCAL
CAN BE REPRODUCED
TO PROMOTE THE RESPECT LIFE MESSAGE. KINDLY
ACKNOWLEDGE
THE NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE.
The National Black Catholic Apostolate Board of
Consultants
Bishop J. Terry Steib, SVD,
D.D., Episcopal Advisor, Fr. Jim Goode, OFM, Ph.D, President
Dr. Beverly A. Carroll, USCCB: SAAC - Sr. Donna Banfield, SBS, NBSC
Fr. Anthony Bozeman, NBCCC Supreme Lady Mary Briers, KPCLA
Ms. Charolette Davis, NABCA Br. Tyrone Davis, CFC, - NBCCC
Deacon Jerry Lett, NAAACD - Ms. Sandra Moore-Mann, NABCA
Supreme Knight Arthur McFarland, KPC - Sr. Claire Napoleon, FMM, NBSC
Msgr. Patrick R. Wells, NBCCC - Mr. Michael Youngblood, NAACYMN
Sr. Anita Baird, DHM, Pres. NBSC – Fr. Chester P. Smith, SVD, Pres.
NBCCC
Announces
TAKE A LOVED ONE TO THE
DOCTOR DAY
SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
"IT’S ALL ABOUT LIFE"
Did you know that African Americans live on average almost 5 ½
years fewer than Whites? Or that Blacks are 10 times more likely to be
infected with HIV? How about the fact that African Americans are 40
percent more likely to die of a stroke than Whites, or that Black
women are 25 percent more likely to die of heart disease than White
women? These are scary statistics, but ones, which can be changed if
people are educated about the importance of regular health care and
healthy lifestyles.
Recently, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and ABC
Radio Networks launched "Closing the Health Gap" campaign
which is aimed at educating African Americans and others about the
health gap. It offers tips on how to make lifestyle changes, including
seeing a doctor on a regular basis. Part of that campaign is TAKE A
LOVED ONE TO THE DOCTOR DAY, scheduled for September 24, 2002.
The National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life
is proud to be a national partner for TAKE A LOVED ONE TO THE DOCTOR
DAY. NBCAL is encouraging our Black Catholic Administrators, parishes
and other institutions in the Black community to invite our people to
TAKE A LOVED ONE TO THE DOCTOR. We are also promoting regular health
fairs and health awareness events in the community. ‘It’s All
About Life".
"I can’t overstate how important it is for individuals to
get regular check-ups", said Bishop T. Terry Steib, S.V.D.,
Bishop of Memphis and Episcopal Advisor to the National Black Catholic
Apostolate for Life. We know, that regular health care, good eating,
and exercise can keep a person healthy and happy. We know that many of
our people don’t go to the doctor, don’t always eat healthily, and
don’t exercise. We must change that. TAKE A LOVED ONE TO THE DOCTOR
DAY will help us focus our efforts to change community attitudes about
health."
TAKE A LOVED ONE TO THE DOCTOR DAY is September 24,2002.
But according to Father Jim Goode, O.F.M., President of NBCAL,
"Individuals are urged to consider any day as a good day to
take a loved one to the doctor. If you can’t get an appointment
on September 24, then individuals should make an appointment for
that week or near that week." The point is to go see a health
professional, and begin taking charge of your health. "IT’S
ALL ABOUT LIFE".
For more information: www.blackcatholicsforlife.org
or www.healthgap.omhrc.gov
Vigil for Life 2002
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Office of
Black Ministry
Archdiocese of New York
Br. Tyrone A. Davis, CFC, JD ,Executive Director
Office of Black Catholics
Archdiocese of Washington
Ms. Jacqueline E. Wilson, Executive Director
African American Catholic Ministry
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Ms. Theresa Wilson Favors, Director
Institute for Black Catholic Studies
Xavier University Graduate School
Sister Eva Regina Martin, SSF, Ph.D, Director
Office of Black, African, Caribbean & Haitian Ministries
Diocese of St. Augustine
Ms. Ella M. Simmons, Director
National Black Catholic Theological Society
Sister Jamie Phelps, O.P., PhD, Convenor
Put website here
Office of Black Catholic Ministries
Archdiocese of Detroit
Fr. Clarence Williams, CPPS, PhD, Director
Office of Black Catholic Ministries
Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Deacon Bradley Seabrook, Director
Office of Black Catholic Ministries
Archdiocese of Omaha
Office of Black Ministry
Diocese of Birmingham
Ms. Linda Duhon, Director
Office of Black Catholics
Diocese of Albany
Office of Black Ministry
Diocese of Brooklyn
Mr. John Baynes, Director
Office of Black Catholics
Diocese of Buffalo
Ms. Brenda Easley Webb, Director
Office of Black Catholic Affairs
Archdiocese of Newark
Mr. Tracy G. Battles, Director
Commission of African American
Catholic Ministry – Diocese of Metuchen
Mr. Joseph L. Powell, Chairman
Ministry to Catholics of African Ancestry
Diocese of Rockville Center
Ms. Vanessa Baird Streeter, Director
Office for Black Catholics
Diocese of Richmond
Sr. Cora Marie Billings, Director |
Office
of Black Catholic Ministry
Diocese of Providence
Ms. Lois A. Tabela, Director
Office of Black Ministry
Diocese of Lake Charles
Deacon Ed Lavine, Director
Office of Black Catholic Ministry
Diocese of Palm Beach
Ms. Lorraine Lyles, Director
Office of Ministry to African American
Catholics - Diocese of Cleveland
Ms. Vanessa Griffin Campbell, Director
Office of Black Catholic Ministries
Diocese of Toledo
Mr. Michael Youngblood, Director
Office of African American Ministries
Diocese of Galveston-Houston
Ms. Charolette T. Davis, Director
Liaison for the African American Catholic
Community – Archdiocese of Denver
Ms. Sandra Moore-Mann, Director
National Black Catholic Evangelization Forum
www.nbcef.org
Fr. Warren J. Savage, President
B.U.S.T.
Fr. Albert J. McKnight, CSSP, LHD
Founder/Director
Ambassadors of the Words
Fr. Chester P. Smith, SVD & Fr. Charles Smith, SVD
Founders/Spiritual Leaders
Priest for Life
www.priestsforlife.org
Fr. Frank Pavone, Founder/Director
International Filipino Catholic
Apostolate for Life – Rome, Italy
Fr. Rey V. Culaba, CSsR, Director
Black Americans for Life
National Right to Life Committee
Washington, DC
Office for Black Catholics
Archdiocese of Boston
Mr. Meyer J. Chambers, Director
Office of African American Catholic
Ministries – Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Mr. George T. Findley, Director
African American Affairs Ministry
Diocese of Charlotte
Deacon Curtiss P. Todd, Director
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Join the National Black
Catholic Apostolate for life
in proclaiming Life by becoming an Affiliate of NBCAL. We would
welcome your organization or group as an Affiliate of the National
Black Catholic Apostolate for Life as we witness the dignity and
sacred of life as Black Catholics. Our affiliates will be posted
on the website: www.blackcatholicsforlife.org.
An Affiliate of the National Black Catholic Apostolate
for Life will:
Pray for Life in the Black community and throughout the
world.
Proclaim the dignity of human life from the moment of
conception to its natural end in the Black community and
throughout the world.
Promote Pro-Life Issues with the National Black Catholic
Apostolate for Life in the Black community and throughout the
world.
Provide a donation to the National Black Catholic
Apostolate for Life whenever possible to help with: mailings,
printing of Pro-Life educational/advocacy materials and outreach
programs for the Black Community.
For more information contact us at: tnbcalife@aol.com
or Fax 212 563-0787.
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TO
OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF SUDAN
You are not
struggling for PEACE and the DIGNITY OF LIFE alone.
God is with you and we are with you in prayer.
The National
Black Catholic Apostolate for Life was inaguarated in the Fall of 1997,
with the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and the Franciscan Solid
Ground Ministry as sponsors with the support of John Cardinal O' Connor,
Archbishop of New York and the Archdiocese's Off ice of Black Ministry.
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