{"id":4940,"date":"2015-03-30T16:14:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T21:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2026-02-27T07:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:51:59","slug":"singing-with-my-sister-thea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2015\/03\/30\/singing-with-my-sister-thea\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing with my Sister Thea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is a day for singing. And I mean <em>singing.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are celebrating the life of a Sister whose legacy continues to unfold.&nbsp;Sister Thea Bowman died 25 years ago today, at age 52.&nbsp;And Sister Thea&#8217;s life was a life of song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I never got to meet Sister Thea in person. Yet, through the communion of saints and our shared membership in the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, I feel quite connected to her. I first heard of Sister Thea during my first telephone conversation with the FSPA Membership Director in 2003. <a title=\"Sister Dorothy in Cabrini Green\" href=\"https:\/\/mappingthemystery.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/06\/serving-as-franciscans-sister-dorothy-in-cabrini-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sister Dorothy<\/a>&nbsp;encouraged me to pray to Sister Thea for guidance in my discernment journey. Even before she met me in person, she said that I reminded her of Thea. When I visited St. Rose Convent and learned more about Sister Thea a few weeks later, I began to understand the connection that Sister Dorothy sensed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, much of who Sister Thea is and what she stood for continues to enliven me and my life of Gospel living. In her, I get to know some of the freedom that being a FSPA gifts me. She models a life of authenticity and spunk. She shows me how to speak up for justice, even if I am speaking to power. I pray that I also express joy and proclaim a fiery message of inclusion and equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a video of Sister Thea&#8217;s famous speech to the U.S. Bishops about Black Catholic spirituality in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d6pBrBOawII<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Church has a lot of work to do, to fully integrate Sister Thea&#8217;s vision&#8211; just as we have a lot of work to do to live out the invitations of the Gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we work for the Church we hope for, we shall sing. So, today is a day when I have lively African American spirituals in my head and on my lips. Today is a day when I am praying for a Church that lives out the message that Sister Thea proclaimed, <a title=\"FSPAs to memorialize their 'shooting star'\" href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/fspas-to-memorialize-their-shooting-star-sister-thea-bowman\/article_2738c2aa-e06e-5a7d-9697-c1c1acc3dd11.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a day to celebrate<\/a> the joy that comes from knowing Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is a day for singing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a day for singing. And I mean singing.&nbsp; We are celebrating the life of a Sister whose legacy continues to unfold.&nbsp;Sister Thea Bowman died 25 years ago today, at age 52.&nbsp;And Sister Thea&#8217;s life was a life of song. I never got to meet Sister Thea in person. 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