“What We Have Seen and Heard” Symposium at UD

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of African American Pastoral Ministries and the University of Dayton is sponsoring an academic symposium honoring the 40th anniversary of the black bishop’s pastoral letter: “What We Have Seen and Heard.”

The two-day symposium will be held at the University of Dayton from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening and feature festive liturgies. After the symposium, we will celebrate Sunday Mass for the Solemnity of Christ the King at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati, with Wilton, Cardinal Gregory presiding and preaching. Predominantly black parishes in the archdiocese are encouraged to join this archdiocesan-wide celebration at the close of Black Catholic History Month.

This is a great opportunity to honor the legacy of What We Have Seen and Heard. Our Keynote Speakers for the Academic Symposium are: Rev. Dr. Joseph Brown, S.J., Most Rev. Edward Braxton, and Dr. Kim R. Harris. It is our hope that the wisdom in the pastoral letter is not forgotten, and that we build a future on the extraordinary efforts of our elders.