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America's Real Sister Act: The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States

April 27, 2023 | 5.00pm CDT - 6.30pm CDT
Swift 3rd Floor Lecture Hall, 1025 E. 58th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637.
Virtual: Zoom Webinar
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Williams explores the story of America's real sister act: how generations of Black women and girls called to the sacred vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience fought against racism, sexism, and exclusion to become and minster as consecrated women of God in the Roman Catholic Church.

July 11, 2023

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