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BLACK CATHOLIC PARISHES

NBCC CONGRESS XI ~July 19-21, 2012

"Faith Engaged..."

THANK YOU

To all who participated in this year's Toussaint/Tolton Awards Banquet.

Your support for OBCM and for the work we do was inspiring!

May God continue to bless all the award recipients and all those who made this event possible!

About Venerable Pierre Toussaint

Our Esteemed Past Honorees

2000 2002

Mrs. Claire Chambers Fr. James Aherne, M.S.

Mr. Solomon Ushery Mr. Jose Cotto

Mrs. Josephine Taveres Mrs. Gena Evans

St. Martin de Porres Breakfast Program Mrs. Kay Taylor-Brooks

2004 2006

Ms. Victoria Virgo-Christie Mrs. Doris Barber

Ms. Pame Daniel

Mrs. Judith Garcia Black Family Enrichment Program of Catholic Charities

Mr. Edward Adjei-Kensah

2008 2010

Lifetime Achievement Awards Mr. Robert L. Brown

Dr. Michael L. Greene

Mr. Myles N. Hubbard Mr. Christopher J. Doucot

Mrs. Elizabeth Nkonoki-Ward

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Archbishop Mansell addresses delegates from the Archdiocese of Hartford at the Congress.

Archbishop Mansell poses for photo with most of the 40 delegates from the Archdiocese of Hartford on the last day of the Congress.

Front and back of tee shirts worn by delegates from the Archdiocese of Hartford - modeled by Odelia Peay, parishioner at St. Justin Church, Hartford.

Most Rev. Edward Braxtom, Bishop of Belleville, in procession to preside at the first Eucharistic Liturgy on Thursday, June 19, 2012.

Most Rev. Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop of Hartford, prepares to process with several other bishops at the second Eucharistic Liturgy on Friday, July 20, 2012.

World famous, Immaculee Ilibagiza, Rwandan genocide survivor and living saint, addresses the crowd of approximately 3000 delegates at Congress XI, representing dioceses from accross the United States and some Caribbean Islands.

Ms. Donna Shears, Music Director for St. Justin and St. Michael Churches, in Hartford, receives one of the Congress XI "Servant of Christ" Awards

Some of the 40 delegates from the Archdiocese of Hartford. Delegates were parishioners from several parishes in the diocese, such as: St. Gertrude, Windsor; St. Justin, Hartford; St. Martin de Porres, New Haven; St. Michael, Hartford; and Sacred Heart, Bloomfield.

Rev. Reginald Whitt, OP, Ph.D. delievring the Opening Remarks at the Congress on June 19, 2012, titled "The Challenge to be Catholic Today."

Fr. Whitt will be the guest speaker at our upcoming OBCM Venerable Pierre Toussaint/Fr. Augustine Tolton Awards Banquet on November 3, 2012.

About Fr. Augustine Tolton

From Slave to Priest: A Biography of the Reverend Augustine Tolton (1854-1897) First Black American Priest of the United States [Hardcover]

by Sister Caroline Hemesath