Among the most successful Heritage Press projects has been author Deloris Williams' two books, Institutional Racism and the Catholic Church & Saint Benedict the Moor.
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Dolores is currently writing the sequel to Institutional Racism and the Catholic Church and is actively seeking input as to what to include and which pressing questions posed from the first book to be addressed in the sequel.
Dolores grew up in a segregated Catholic Church, recognized the obvious problem, and after years as a Catholic educator, laid out the history of racism in the Catholic Church in her book--a scholarly, well received academic work. The problems in the Catholic Church only grow even as a new pope seems unable to mount any meaningful reform.
Dolores had been a member of a primarily Black Catholic Church, only to have the assigned priest be from Africa, and not really able to fully relate to the American Black Catholic experience. Recently, though, Dolores has joined St. Benedict the African, a Catholic church in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, with a diverse membership of Blacks, Whites, South/Central American Blacks, and Nigerians. The church's priest, Father David Jones, African American, has been vocal in his criticism of the racism that permeates the Catholic Church.
Dolores and Father Jones were interviewed by Evelyn Holmes, Channel 2 reporter. Father Jones tread lightly on the Church's racist past while Dolores was more blunt in her criticism. Father Jones' statements were completely televised while only Dolores' one positive remark was.
Despite the ongoing issues, Dolores was pleased to be back in a pew joining a congregation in worship. She notes that unlike so many other Catholic Churches of color, this diverse church seems to be thriving with every hope of continuing to shine a light on hopefully the future of a more diverse Catholic Church globally.