The Good Ol' Days
Where did she move at the age of 15?
Where did FIRST she graduate?
Viterbo College
Where did she become in all in her life?
She became a poet, a preacher, a master teacher, a vocalist, an evangelist, and an African American catalyst
To honor her father, she took what?
The Holy name “Thea,” which means, “of God.”
Catalyst
triggered the start for change from her actions
When she moved at 15, what did she join?
The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Where did she attend after Viterbo College?
The Catholic University of America
What foundation did she start?
Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation.
She was declared what?
A “servant of God” in May 2018, when her home Diocese of Jackson, Miss., requested the bishops endorse opening her cause for sainthood.”
Evangelist
a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith especially by publish preaching
What was she named at birth?
Bertha Elizabeth Bowman
What did she earn at The Catholic University of America?
Her Master in English and a PhD in English
The Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana and the National Black Sisters Conference.
What did she pave the way for?
Convert
Change one's religious faith or other beliefs
What careers did her parents have?
Her mother was a teacher, and her father was a physician.
What did she earn after Viterbo College?
How many schools were named after her?
16
What did she start in the Church?
the rights of African Americans in the Catholic Church
Endorse
declare one's public approval or support
She told her parents at what age that she had converted to Catholicism?
12
Where did she teach after college?
She taught at the middle school and high school levels, eventually becoming a college professor of English and linguistics at Viterbo College, Catholic University of America, and Xavier University in New Orleans.
She was the first African American to receive what?
A doctorate in Theology from Boston College.
What doctorate in Boston College did she receive?
Theology