Catholic Negro-American Mission Board
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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.
. To create a second funding stream, the archbishops called for the establishment of the Catholic Board, which they incorporated in 1907 with Fr. John E. Burke as executive director in New York City
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Since its founding, the Catholic Board has supported hundreds of priests and women religious who served Black parishes and schools throughout the United States, and in so doing, it also endorsed efforts to address Black social concerns as well. The Catholic Board was renamed in 1970, and it joined the Black and Indian Mission office
a decade later.
History
In 1905, the Catholic archbishops of the United States determined that the needs for Catholic mission work in the black community exceeded the funding available from the annual appeal administered by the Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the IndiansCommission 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:...
. To create a second funding stream, the archbishops called for the establishment of the Catholic Board, which they incorporated in 1907 with Fr. John E. Burke as executive director in New York City
New York City
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Since its founding, the Catholic Board has supported hundreds of priests and women religious who served Black parishes and schools throughout the United States, and in so doing, it also endorsed efforts to address Black social concerns as well. The Catholic Board was renamed in 1970, and it joined the Black and Indian Mission office
Black and Indian Mission office
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...
a decade later.
Executive directors
- Father John E. Burke (1907–1925)
- Father Edward C. Kramer (1925–1962)
- Father Benjamin M. Horton (1962–1980); member, Josephite FathersJosephite FathersThe Josephite Fathers and Brothers or, more properly, Saint Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart, Inc. are a society of Catholic priests and brothers, based in the United States. It was formed in 1871 by a group of priests from the English Foreign Mission Society of Saint Joseph, also known as...
- Monsignor Paul Lenz (1980–2007)
- Father Wayne Paysse (2007–)