Desegregating the Altar: The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests, 1871-1960
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Yount: Finally, an African-American priest leads Josephites | The Republic William Norvel, 76, a native of Mississippi, who was contemplating retirement before being chosen the 13th superior general of the Josephite Priests and Brothers. "It is about time," Deacon Al Turner, director of the Office of Black Catholics for the |
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Rev. William Norvel tapped as first African American to lead Josephite order This summer he became the first African American to head a Catholic order, the Josephites, a group of Catholic priests who came from Europe 140 years ago to minister to freed slaves. Norvel, 76, had been a top-notch recruiter, spending five years in |
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First African American to Head Josephites William Norvel had already spent 50 years working for the inclusion of African Americans in the Catholic Church when he was asked to become the 13th superior general of the Josephite Priests and Brothers, a Roman Catholic order that was started 140 |
What difference does it make now that Mary MacKillop is a saint?
Like most Australian Catholics, I have come across the Josephites established by Mary MacKillop in some of the unlikeliest and toughest places in Australia, as well as East Timor. I also feel connected through her brother Donald, |
St. Aug leadership dispute drops in lap of new Josephites leader
The Archdiocese of New Orleans said representatives of the society elected Norvel at their quadrennial meeting in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
Norvel was not immediately available for comment.
Norvel was ordained in New Orleans at St. Louis Cathedral. He appears to have taught at St. Augustine in the 1965-66 school year, then served as director of a local training center between 1968 and 1970, according to records supplied by his Josephite community.
But those appear to be the only New Orleans connections in a 46-year priestly career among the Josephites.
St. Aug board gets mixed messages from Josephites | louisianaweekly
(A/k/a The Josephites) as the Board of Trustees of St. Augustine High School, affirming the decision of the previous administration in July 2010 to end the practice of corporal punishment at St. Augustine High School, and the decision in June 2011 to transfer the school’s president, Fr. John Raphael SSJ to Baltimore.
A dispute between the Archdiocese of New Orleans and St. Aug administrators, teachers, alumni, parents, students and supporters has led to the transfer of Fr. Raphael and a series of rallies and protests in support of Raphael and the school’s use of corporal punishment.
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