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Thea Bowman, the Glossary

Mary Thea Bowman, FSPA (born Bertha Elizabeth Bowman; December 29, 1937 – March 30, 1990) was a Black Catholic religious sister, teacher, musician, liturgist and scholar who made major contributions to the ministry of the Catholic Church toward African Americans.^[1]

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Amityville, New York

Amityville is a village in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

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Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Black Catholicism

Black Catholicism or African-American Catholicism comprises the African-American people, beliefs, and practices in the Catholic Church.

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Boston College

Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canonization

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

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Canton, Mississippi

The city of Canton is the county seat of Madison County, Mississippi, United States, and is situated in the northern part of the metropolitan area surrounding the state capital, Jackson.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Christian liturgy

Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis.

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Christian ministry

In Christianity, ministry is an activity carried out by Christians to express or spread their faith, the prototype being the Great Commission.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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Cleveland

Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Consecrated life

Consecrated life (also known as religious life) is a state of life in the Catholic Church lived by those faithful who are called to follow Jesus Christ in a more exacting way.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Diocese

In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Doctorate

A doctorate (from Latin doctor, meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach").

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East St. Louis, Illinois

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Evangelism

In Christianity, evangelism or witnessing is the act of preaching the gospel with the intention of sharing the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Flonzie Brown Wright

Flonzie Brown-Wright (also known as Flonzie Brown-Goodloe; born 1942) is an American civil rights activist, voting rights activist, educator, and author.

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Formation in the Catholic Church

Ministerial formation (or simply formation) is the personal preparation that the Catholic Church offers to people with a defined mission, such as the priesthood or membership of a religious order such as the Society of Jesus.

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Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) is a Roman Catholic religious congregation for women whose motherhouse, St. Rose of Viterbo Convent, is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of La Crosse.

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Gary, Indiana

Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States.

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Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro (local pronunciation) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States.

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Hymnal

A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book).

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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James Patterson Lyke

James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. (February 18, 1939 – December 27, 1992) was an African-American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in Georgia from 1991 to 1992.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.

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La Crosse, Wisconsin

La Crosse is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Laetare Medal

The Laetare Medal is an annual award given by the University of Notre Dame in recognition of outstanding service to the Catholic Church and society. Thea Bowman and Laetare Medal are Laetare Medal recipients.

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Liturgy

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group.

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Loudonville, New York

Loudonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, in Albany County, New York, United States.

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Louisiana

Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.

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Lourdes

Lourdes (also,; Lorda) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees.

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Loyola University Maryland

Loyola University Maryland is a private Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

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Mike Wallace

Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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National Black Sisters' Conference

The National Black Sisters' Conference (NBSC) is an association of Black Catholic religious sisters and nuns based in the United States. Thea Bowman and National Black Sisters' Conference are African-American Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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North Carolina A&T State University

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black, land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Raymond, Mississippi

Raymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States.

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Religious institute

In the Catholic Church, a religious institute is "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary which are to be renewed, however, when the period of time has elapsed, and lead a life of brothers or sisters in common." A religious institute is one of the two types of institutes of consecrated life; the other is the secular institute, where its members are "living in the world".

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Religious sister

A religious sister (abbreviated: Sr.) in the Catholic Church is a woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute dedicated to apostolic works, as distinguished from a nun who lives a cloistered monastic life dedicated to prayer and labor, or a canoness regular, who provides a service to the world, either teaching or nursing, within the confines of the monastery.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

The Diocese of Cleveland (Dioecesis Clevelandensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern Ohio in the United States.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson

The Diocese of Jackson is a Latin Church diocese in Mississippi in the United States.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre

The Diocese of Rockville Centre (Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the Long Island region of New York State in the United States.

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Saint

In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.

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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.

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Siena College

Siena College is a private Franciscan college in Loudonville, New York.

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Spirituality

The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other.

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Thesis

A thesis (theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.

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Thomas More

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. Thea Bowman and Thomas More are Roman Catholic writers.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame (ND), is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana.

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Utica, New York

Utica is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States.

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Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands (Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.

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Viterbo University

Viterbo University is a private Catholic university in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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West Africa

West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.

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