Conversations about racial injustice are nothing new at St. Katharine Drexel Parish, a black Catholic community whose members hail from the United States, the Caribbean, and various African countries.
Even before nationwide protests began in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody, St. Katharine Drexel Parish's social justice committee had been discussing and raising awareness of systemic racism for years. In addition to running ministries within the parish, such as its food pantries and Advent giving tree, the committee regularly has a table at the archdiocese's Social Justice Convocation, and its members sometimes participate in panel discussions.
"We try to follow our baptismal call to be ministers for justice," said Sister Marie-Therese "Tess" Browne, SCN, a co-chair of the parish's social justice committee, in a June 30 interview.
Source: Racial justice a long-time concern for Roxbury parish - The Pilot