Month: July 2025
A Call to Faith and Service: The Summer Enrichment Program
This summer, all of our current Scholars gathered in Chicago for the Sister Thea Bowman Foundation Summer Symposium and Spiritual Enrichment Program. Hosted at DePaul University, one of our Catholic college partners, the program embodied the heart of our mission: to shape Scholars who are not only intellectually prepared but Read More…
Why Education Matters to Our Scholars
“For so many of us, being black and Catholic means having come into the Church because education opened the door to evangelization.” – Sr. Thea Bowman Sister Thea Bowman shared this powerful and enduring truth observation when she passionately addressed the U.S. Bishops in 1989. More than three decades later, Read More…
5 Ways Your Gift Makes a Lasting Impact
Gifts to the Sister Thea Bowman Foundation provide more than financial aid for our African American Scholars attending a Catholic college or university. They provide meaningful opportunities to form our Scholars into individuals who make a lifelong impact in their communities and professions. How? 1. Mentoring Throughout the academic year, Read More…
Inspiring Hope: How Faith Guides Our Mission for Justice and Education
“Her call for justice, justice for the roles of women, justice for those who experience no matter what ethnicity, oppression or hatred” speaks to “us as a church being the body of Christ,” – Redemptorist Father Maurice Nutt, associate producer and biographer of Sister Thea Our mission at the Sister Thea Read More…
Inspiring Hope: How Faith Guides Our Mission for Justice and Education
“Her call for justice, justice for the roles of women, justice for those who experience no matter what ethnicity, oppression or hatred” speaks to “us as a church being the body of Christ,” – Redemptorist Father Maurice Nutt, associate producer and biographer of Sister Thea Our mission at the Sister Read More…
From the Summer Symposium to Emory: Dr. Ford Advances Catholic Thought
On behalf of the Sister Thea Bowman Educational Foundation, I extend my sincere congratulations to our friend Dr. Craig A. Ford, Jr., on his recent appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethics at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. This appointment reflects Dr. Ford’s exemplary scholarship, his commitment to the Catholic intellectual tradition, and Read More…
From the Summer Symposium to Emory: Dr. Ford Advances Catholic Thought
On behalf of the Sister Thea Bowman Educational Foundation, I extend my sincere congratulations to our friend Dr. Craig A. Ford, Jr., on his recent appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethics at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. This appointment reflects Dr. Ford’s exemplary scholarship, his commitment to the Read More…