Black saints-to-be

Published February 28, 2024

St. Augustine Church in North Little Rock held a Black history program Feb. 18, in which six youths dressed up as six Black Catholic candidates for sainthood: Mother Mary Lange, Father Augustus Tolton, Mother Henriette DeLille, Pierre Toussaint, Julia Greeley and Sister Thea Bowman. They are known as the “Saintly Six.” The youth performed a play on the lives of the six, followed by Mass celebrated by Father Emanuel Tanu and Father Warren Harvey. After Mass, a reception was held in the parish hall.