This month’s letters are to our U.S. Senators regarding comprehensive immigration reform. Letters with envelopes and postage will be available as you leave Mass this weekend. You may also sign letters in St, James Chapel after the 4 pm Mass, in the back of Mother of Good Counsel Church after the 9 am Mass, and in the Activities Room after the 11 am Mass.
Select the letters, print, and mail:
Senator Robert CaseySenator John Fetterman
Open the letters, copy, and paste into the form on the senators' websites:
Senator Robert Casey's website.Senator John Fetterman's website.
Please consider signing a petition or sending a letter to Pope Francis in support of the canonization of six African Americans on the path to sainthood asking him to name Pierre Toussaint, Mother Mary Lange, Henriette DeLille, Augustus Tolton, Julie Greeley, and Sr. Thea Bowman as Catholic saints.
Petition Letter to Pope Francis
Their Stories Video
Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1776-1853) was born a slave in Haiti. Philanthropist & Founder of many Catholic charitable works.
Mother Mary Lange, 1784-1882) was the foundress and first Superior General of the Oblate Sisters of Providence (1829-1832), the first congregation of African American women religious in the history of the Catholic Church.
Venerable Henriette Delille (1813-1862) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she lived all of her life. She was determined to help those in need for the love of Jesus and for the sake of the Gospel.
Fr. Augustus Tolton(1854-1897) was the first Roman Catholic priest in the United States publicly known to be black when he was ordained in 1886.
Julia Greeley (1833&1848-1918) was born into slavery, at Hannibal, Missouri. Freed by Missouri's Emancipation Act in 1865, Julia subsequently earned her keep by serving white families in Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico—though mostly in the Denver area
Sr. Thea Bowman, FSPA (1937-1990) was a self-proclaimed, “old folks’ child”. She is acclaimed a “holy woman” in the hearts of those who knew and loved her and continue to seek her intercession for guidance and healing.