News for Tucson 2011
Twelfth Annual ACCCRUS Convention to be Held in
Tucson, Arizona on August 4-7, 2011
Conference Theme for Tucson 2011
Revisiting the African-American Catholic Experience
ACCCRUS invites and welcomes all African clergy and religious in the United States to the Tucson 2011 Convention.
The convention will be held in Tucson, Arizona on August 4-7, 2011 at The Hotel Arizona. Please make plans now to attend.
Travel Discounts are available through American Airlines and Delta Airlines. Click on the following links for details.
- American Airlines Discount Description
- American Airlines Discount Terms & Conditions
- Delta Airlines Discount Description
We look forward to seeing you in Tucson and hope that you will register now.
- The late registration deadline is July 15th. A late fee of $15 will be applied to all registrations from now through July 15th.
- No registrations will be accepted after July 15, 2011.
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Fr. Tolton - America's First Black Priest
Cause for Canonization
Many Catholics might not ever have heard of Fr. Augustus Tolton; but black Catholics most probably have. He was the first American diocesan priest of African descent, the son of slaves. After studying in Rome, because no American seminary would accept him, he was ordained for the Diocese of Quincy, in southern Illinois, and later came to Chicago to start a parish for black Catholics. He died young, at only 43 years of age; but most priests in the nineteenth century died before their fiftieth birthday. Visiting the sick on a daily basis was risky in an age before antibiotics. Many priests sickened sometime in their forties and died after a period of ill health.
Fr. Tolton’s cause for sainthood is being introduced in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and during this year for priests it would be good to pray to him and to ask the Lord to send us many more priests like him.
Francis Cardinal George, OMI
Read more about Fr. Tolton's Cause...
2011 Ordination Class for the United States includes Clergy from Africa
New Priests Younger, Influenced by Parish Priests, Catholic Education,
Service as Altar Boys, Social, Church Environment
WASHINGTON—The average age of men ordained to the priesthood in 2011 is trending younger with the average age for the 2011 class at 34, with more than half between the ages of 25 and 34. This is slightly younger than in 2010, and follows the trend over the past five years of ordinands becoming younger... (be sure to scroll down through the article to see photos of the ordinands) read more
