African Ancestry Ministry

About African Ancestry Ministry

African Ancestry Ministry and Evangelization is established by the Diocese of Raleigh to foster the mission of the Roman Catholic Church, spread the Gospel, celebrate the Sacraments, and form a faith community. To do this ministry, we must create an atmosphere in which individuals of African descent can maintain their identity, heighten their visibility, and enhance their lives as Catholics. The ministry will be concerned with nurturing those in the faith, reconciling those fallen away from the faith, and offering a church home to the unchurched through conversion to the Catholic faith.

History of this ministry
African Ancestry Ministry Pastoral Plan (PDF)
African Ancestry Advisory Board (PDF)
Helen D. Cox Scholarship Fund
National Black Catholic Congress

NCBCC registration / brochure (PDF)
NCBCC AD form: Word | PDF

African Masses

2nd Sunday of Month – Swahili Mass
Time: 1:30pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
2718 Overbrook Drive
Raleigh, NC 27608

3rd Sunday of Month – Igbo Nigerian Mass
Time:1:30 pm
Sacred Heart Cathedral – (Parish Hall)
100 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603

4th Sunday of Month – African French Speaking Mass
Time: 1:00 pm
St. Mary Mother of the Church
1008 Vandora Springs Road
Garner, NC 27529

Contacts

The Catholic Center
715 Nazareth Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 821-9762

Director
Martha Carter-Bailey
Phone: (919) 821-9762
E-Mail: martha.bailey@raldioc.org

Vicar for African Ancestry Catholics
Rev. Msgr Thomas P. Hadden
E-Mail: haddent@raldioc.org

Secretary
Administrator for Saint Alphonsus Center
Wilena McPhatter
Phone: 252-243-7592
E-mail: mcphatterw@raldioc.org