This 1898 photo provided by the Sisters of the Holy Family (SSF) shows members of the religious order of African-American nuns in New Orleans. One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the SSF, formed in ...

When Sister Rita Michelle Proctor joined the Oblate Sisters of Providence more than 50 years ago, her idea was to follow in the footsteps of the order’s founder, Mother Mary Lange, the Black woman who ...

The nation's preeminent scholar on Black Catholic nuns, Shannen Dee Williams talked to Our Sunday Visitor for its story, which has been picked up worldwide, on the recent discovery of a Black American ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — WGNO is privileged to celebrate Black history and culture with our 2025 Edition of, “Honoring Black History: Sharing Our Stories.” This year, we dedicate our show to Black women.

Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew of only one Black nun, and a fake one at that: Sister Mary Clarence, as played by Whoopi ...