Black and Indian Mission office
Encyclopedia
The Black and Indian Mission Office houses the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
, the Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians
and the Catholic Negro-American Mission Board
, which are three Roman Catholic institutions for mission work in the United States.
The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions has supported and promoted Catholic missions among Native Americans
and has defended the rights of Native Americans. It was founded as the Office of Catholic Commissioner for Indian Missions in 1874 with approval by J. Roosevelt Bayley, the Archbishop of Baltimore.
Since 1887, the Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians has administered a national annual Lenten collection to support African American and Native American missions. In 1884, the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore decreed the establishment of the Lenten collection and a commission of three bishops to administer it. Since the 1980s, the Commission and its collection have been known respectively as the Black and Indian Mission Office and the Black and Indian Mission collection.
The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board has supported and promoted Catholic missions among African Americans. It was founded in 1907 as the Catholic Board for Mission Work among the Colored People to provide a second national funding stream for Black Catholic missions.
serves as the archival repository for the three institutions of the Black and Indian Mission office with their archival records known collectively as the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, which generated the bulk of the records.
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions was a Roman Catholic institution created in 1874 by J. Roosevelt Bayley, Archbishop of Baltimore, for the protection and promotion of Catholic mission interests among Native Americans in the United States.-History:...
, the Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians
Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians
The Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians has been a U.S. Roman Catholic institution that administers a national annual appeal in support of Catholic mission work.-History:...
and the Catholic Negro-American Mission Board
Catholic Negro-American Mission Board
The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board has been a U.S. Roman Catholic institution that raises funds and supports mission work in among African Americans.-History:...
, which are three Roman Catholic institutions for mission work in the United States.
History
The Bureau and the Commission have shared common offices in Washington, D.C. since 1935 and were joined by the Catholic Negro-American Mission Board in 1980. In 2009, the three institutions adopted the Black and Indian Mission Office as a banner for their joint webpage.The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions has supported and promoted Catholic missions among Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
and has defended the rights of Native Americans. It was founded as the Office of Catholic Commissioner for Indian Missions in 1874 with approval by J. Roosevelt Bayley, the Archbishop of Baltimore.
Since 1887, the Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians has administered a national annual Lenten collection to support African American and Native American missions. In 1884, the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore decreed the establishment of the Lenten collection and a commission of three bishops to administer it. Since the 1980s, the Commission and its collection have been known respectively as the Black and Indian Mission Office and the Black and Indian Mission collection.
The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board has supported and promoted Catholic missions among African Americans. It was founded in 1907 as the Catholic Board for Mission Work among the Colored People to provide a second national funding stream for Black Catholic missions.
Archival collections
Marquette University Special Collections and University ArchivesMarquette University Special Collections and University Archives
The mission of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives of Marquette University is to collect, arrange, describe, preserve, and service records of enduring historical value for research, instructional, and administrative use...
serves as the archival repository for the three institutions of the Black and Indian Mission office with their archival records known collectively as the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, which generated the bulk of the records.
External links
- Black and Indian Mission office
- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records at Marquette University.