NBCCC News & Updates



  • National Black Catholic Men's Conference - October 2009
    "Men to Men" Part II - Theme '09: Redefining Manhood (Real, Respect, and Responsibility)
     Download Conference Registration Form

  • The 2009 Evangelization Conference will take place Saturday February 28, 2009
    at the InterContinental Hotel New Orleans.
    Download Program & Registration Form  |   Download Speaker/Workshop Schedules
    The focus of this Evangelization Conference is Creating Vibrant Parishes: Living our Baptismal Call. The registration cost for the Saturday conference is $10.00 for adults and youth. This cost includes meals. Pre-registration by Wednesday, February 25th, is required to ensure meals.
    An addition workshop has been added to the Evangelization Conference called: The Youngest In the Church: Also Called To Lead and Serve. As disciples of Jesus Christ, young people are able to challenge, refresh and transform the church and society for the better. This session for the young and old will offer the exact steps necessary to make this happen in your community. Workshop presenter: Mr. Vincent Guider
    To register for the conference, send in $10.00 with your registration form.

  • Brother in Faith & Ministry to the Marginalized, The NBCCC Board representative for the NAAACD is now Dn. Paul E. Richardson, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.
    I was elected last meeting, and now that my eyesight is back (cataract surgery & recovery from detached retina surgery last year), I took time to browse a little. It is a blessing to see normally once again - THANKS BE TO GOD - I no longer need eyeglasses for distance vision.

  • Luther Gray Nominated for Grammy Award
    Category: Children Music
    Group: Trout’s Fishing In America
    Album: “Big Round World”
    Congratulation Luther!

  • Dr. Hemmed Lukonge – Catholic Relief Service Tanzania    (Download Flyer)
    Solidarity will Transform the World - Making a New Kind of Difference
     If you are interest in hosting a speaker! The bio for Mr. Hemmed Lukonge of CRS Tanzania and a link to an article that was written about him last year is included below. He will be in New Orleans from March 14th-18th during Lent.

    - Hemmed M. Lukonge is the Senior Program Officer for CRS Tanzania - OVC PEPFAR Track I Programs. Hemmed joined CRS in August 2005. Before joining CRS, Dr. Hemmed headed Medicine Sans Frontiers' Malaria Prevention and Treatment Programs in Kigoma and Zanzibar Islands. He also worked with Clinton Foundation where he spearheaded the HIV-AIDS Rural Initiatives and participated in developing strategies for decentralization of HIV and AIDS care and treatment services in lower level health facilities of Tanzania. His educational background includes an Advanced Diploma in Clinical Medicine and several certificates in health education and health promotion, monitoring and evaluation, project development planning and management trained in Brussels Belgium, Nairobi Kenya and Tanzania. Coupled with this, he is also a national trainer in Child Hood Illnesses, and has a wide experience spanning 14 years implemented both clinical and primary health programs with various international organizations in refugees' context and the local communities in Tanzania. https://crs.org/tanzania/vulnerable-children/

  • Fr. Rollins Lambert, Chicago’ First African-American Priest Dies at 86:
    Fr. Rollins Lambert, the first African American to be ordained a priest from the Archdiocese of Chicago, died Jan, 25 at Holy Family Villia in Palos Park. He was 86. Fr. Lambert rose to national prominence as chairman of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus in the late 1960’s. He later worked on the staff of the bishops’ conference in Washington as an adviser on African affairs. Fr. Lambert was ordained to the priesthood in 1949. Father Lambert served as chairman of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus in 1968-69. Before the U.S. bishops’ Administrative Board in 1969, he called for the creation of a “central office” advocating for black Catholics. An office for black Catholics was created at the bishops’ conference in 1988; today it is part of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church.

  • REMINDER: Men’s Conference, March 27-28, 2009 at Hilton St. Charles
     SPEAKERS: Deacon Jesse Watley, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, & Andres Lyke and many more….
  • Forty Years Later in a “White Racist Institution”: Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Forward Plenary Address 2008 Joint Conference of Black Clergy, Sisters, Deacons
  • NBCAL  Announcement on Abortion and All Acts of Violence Awareness Month
  • OBCM June 2008 News Bulletin
  • 10th Anniversary Celebration for Bishop Joseph N. Perry!
    The Vicariate VI office asked me to announce the 10th Anniversary Celebration for Bishop Joseph N. Perry. Please join the gala dinner celebration on Sunday, August 3, 2008 Cocktails 5:00 p.m. cash bar and Dinner 6:00 p.m. Cost $55 per person Villa de Bruno, 19825 Stony Island Ave., Lynwood, IL

    For more information contact: Dc. Dan Ragonese: 708.339.2474 or Delphine Michalik: 312.421.0936. Invitations will go out soon. Please help spread the word to your pastor, parishioners, Tolton Community, Knights and Ladies Auxiliary of Peter Claver, Westside Parishes, etc. Peace!
  • Ordination Celebration - Aug_27, 2008
  • Archbishop James Patterson Lyke Conference - July 2008
  • 40th National Joint Conference - Update!
    This is just a courtesy email to let you know that the block of rooms reserved for the Joint Conference has already sold out. The hotel has released 25 additional rooms for each night but the rate has increased to $149.00 per night. If you plan to attend the Joint Conference and have not already made your hotel reservation, you may want to consider doing that soon. If you have to cancel your room, you made do so up to 24 hours prior to check-in. The Embassy Suites does not charge your credit card until you actually check in so it is better to go ahead and make the reservation and hold the room before they sell out. You can always cancel it later if necessary but if you wait too late you may not be able to get a room.

    The nearest other hotel (The Marriott Renaissance) has no rooms available until Wednesday, July 30 and their rate is $179.00/night. The Capitol Inn is just two blocks from the Embassy Suites but is VERY DATED and the reviews posted on Hotels.com are not very complimentary. There are several other hotels in Montgomery but none other within walking distance of the Conference hotel. Note that complimentary parking at the Embassy Suites is provided to overnight guests only. Otherwise, there is a $5.00 parking fee.

    Michelle Coe, Chief Executive Assistant
    Resurrection Catholic Church, Montgomery, Alabama
  • 100 Years of Faith: St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church Celebrates "Forging the Future from the Struggles of the Past" - March 2008 thru March 2009
  • Archbishop James Patterson Lyke Conference - July 2008