Sister Thea Bowman: Faithful Life, Powerful Legacy, Continuing Lessons

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May 3, 2022 | Georgetown University recently named the chapel in Copley Hall the Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman Chapel of St. William. Why? Who was Sr. Thea, and what lessons does her life, legacy, and continuing challenge to resist racism offer at this time of racial reckoning in the United States?
Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA, was a Catholic religious sister, scholar, singer, and teacher. Raised in a small Mississippi town, she converted to Catholicism at the age of 12 and later joined the Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. Sister Thea lived out her Catholic faith and African American identity through her ministry of evangelization, education, and action for justice.
This Dahlgren Dialogue examined Sr. Thea’s continuing challenge for the Catholic Church, the United States, and all of us to resist racism and welcome the gifts, leadership, and impatience for justice of African Americans.
John Carr, co-director of the Initiative, moderated the dialogue. Fr. Mark Bosco, S.J., vice president for Mission & Ministry, opened the dialogue. In the tradition of Sr. Thea, Minister Brandon J. Felder, director of the Georgetown University Gospel Choir, led us in song.