Stamped With the Image of God

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. Book jacket.

Cyprian Davis, OSB, monk and professor of history at St. Meinrad's Abbey in Indiana Jamie Phelps, OP, is professor and director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans

Foreword

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Christopher J. Kauffman

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

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Part 1 THE SPANISH AND FRENCH PERIOD

The Brotherhood of Blessed Mary of the Blacks, Valencia, 1472

3

(2)

Ecclesiastical Records of St. Augustine Parish in Florida, 1796, 1812

5

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Civil and Ecclesiastical Records of Louisiana: The Code Noir, 1724

6

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The Ursuline Nuns Limit Their Instruction of Girls of Color, 1797

12

(4)

Part 2 THE PRE--CIVIL WAR PERIOD

The Devotional Life of Blacks in the Confraternity of Mount Carmel, 1796

16

(2)

Portrait of a Saintly Slave, 1806

18

(2)

Petition of the Catholic People of Color in Philadelphia, 1817

20

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The Clandestine Marriages of Slaves, 1839

20

(2)

A Catholic Mutual Benefit Society, 1843

22

(2)

Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in Santo Domingo, 1854

24

(1)

Two Letters by Pierre Toussaint, 1839

25

(3)

George Paddington, Black Priest from Ireland, Missionary in Haiti, Friend of Pierre Toussaint, 1836

28

(2)

A Black Woman's Letter to Pope Pius IX, 1853

30

(2)

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

(3)

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

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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

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The Catholic Opposition to Slavery: In Supremo Apostolatus Fastigio, 1839

38

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Daniel O'Connell's Address against Slavery, 1833

40

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Public Letter of Augustin Cochin, Catholic Abolitionist, against American Slavery, to Albert, Duc de Broglie, 1863

42

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Letter of Monsignor the Bishop of Orleans to the Clergy of His Diocese on Slavery, 1862

43

(4)

Part 3 CONGREGATIONS OF BLACK SISTERS

From the ``Journal of the Sisters of Providence,'' 1829

47

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The Journal of Sister Bernard Deggs: A History of the Sisters of the Holy Family, 1894

51

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Part 4 THE POST--CIVIL WAR PERIOD

The Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, the Minutes of the Extraordinary Session, October 22, 1866

55

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The Bishops' Pastoral Letter at the Close of the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1866

57

(1)

America's First Black Catholic Priests: Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Boston, to Archbishop John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, 1859

58

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Bishop Healy Excuses Himself from Attendance at the Third Black Catholic Congress in Philadelphia, 1891

59

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Father Augustus Tolton to John R. Slattery, S.S.J., on His Vocation, 1890

60

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Father Tolton Writes St. Katherine Drexel, Foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, 1891

62

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Canon Benoit Notes in His Diary the Situation of Blacks in the United States, 1875

64

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Part 5 THE SOUND OF BLACK CATHOLIC VOICES

John R. Slattery, S.S.J., and the Education of Black Priests, 1899

67

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The Trials of a Black Priest, John Henry Dorsey, S.S.J., to John R. Slattery, S.S.J., 1903

70

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Black Parishioners Write to Their Bishop, 1888

72

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Daniel Rudd, Newspaper Editor, Lecturer, Lay Leader, 1888

74

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Daniel Rudd Explains the Proposed Congress of Black Catholics, 1888

76

(2)

Daniel Rudd's Two Letters to William Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati, 1888

78

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The Black Catholic Lay Congresses, 1889, 1893

79

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Charles H. Butler of Washington, D.C., ``The Condition and Future of the Negro Race,'' 1893

83

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Part 6 THE ``COLOR LINE'' OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Letter of Cardinal Gotti to the Apostolic Delegate on the Treatment of Black Catholics, 1904

87

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A Report to the Holy See on the Situation of African Americans in the United States, 1903

88

(1)

``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

(1)

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

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Permission Granted to Found the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, Savannah, 1916

94

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Chronicle of the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, 1941

95

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Decision to Form a Fraternal Order for Black Catholics, 1909

96

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The Colored Knights in Convention, 1916

97

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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

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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

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Part 7 MID-CENTURY: WINDS OF CHANGE

Poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Convert, 1946--47

103

(4)

Claude McKay

The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman, by Ellen Tarry, 1955

107

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Part 8 CIVIL RIGHTS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLICS

A Statement of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, 1968

111

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The Survival of Soul: National Black Sisters' Conference Position Paper, 1969

114

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A Black Priest Faces the Reality of Racism in the Catholic Church, 1970

116

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Lawrence Lucas

The Beginning of the National Office for Black Catholics, 1970

118

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Joseph Davis

National Office for Black Catholics, Black Perspectives on Evangelization of the Modern World, 1974

121

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``Toward a Black Catholic Theology,'' 1977

124

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Edward K. Braxton

The Black Catholic Theological Symposium, 1978

127

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Part 9 THE CHURCH ADDRESSES RACISM

Bishop Vincent Waters Desegregates All Catholic Parishes in North Carolina, 1953

131

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U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Racism, 1979

134

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Black Bishops of the United States, Pastoral Letter on Evangelization, 1984

135

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Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace, Statement on Racism, 1988

137

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Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Black Bishops' Letter on Racism, 1989

140

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Part 10 THE WITNESS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLICS: CHALLENGE AND HOPE

``The Gift of Music,'' 2001

143

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Clarence Rivers

``The African American Experience and United States Roman Catholic Ethics,'' 1997

145

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Bryan Massingale

``Catholic Theology: African American Context,'' 1998

146

(2)

M. Shawn Copeland

``Voice of the People, Voice of an Age,'' 1985

148

(3)

Thea Bowman

Voice of Womanists, 1998

151

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Diana L. Hayes

Index

153

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