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BIMO staff to visit Great Plains this spring
Father Wayne Paysse, Executive Director, and Patrick Finn, Communications Director, will depart April 16 on the first leg of a journey to the Great Plains to continue spreading the excitement of the...
View ArticleServant of God Mother Mary Lange, O.S.P.
Elizabeth Clarisse Lange (Mother Mary Lange of the Oblate Sisters of Providence) was born circa 1784 and died February 3, 1882. Mother Mary Lange founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829. The...
View ArticleVenerable Pierre Toussaint
Pierre Toussaint was born into slavery on the French colony of Saint Domingue. His master, Jean Berard, encouraged the young Pierre to learn to read and write. In 1787, Berard moved his new wife and...
View ArticleSaint Josephine Bakhita
Born in Olgossa in the Darfur region of southern Sudan, Bakhita was kidnapped at the age of seven and sold into slavery. She was re-sold several times. Bakhita’s body was mutilated by those who...
View ArticleVenerable Henriette DeLille, S.S.F.
Henriette Delille is the first U.S. native-born African-American whose cause for canonization has been officially opened by the Catholic Church. She was born a free woman of color in New Orleans in...
View ArticleFather Augustus Tolton
John Augustus Tolton was born a slave in Brush Creek, MO. His mother led the family across the Mississippi River to freedom in Quincy, IL in 1862. Eight year old John offered to work for Fr. Peter...
View ArticleArchbishop expresses gratitude for support
“I really do appreciate the help we receive.” With these words, Omaha Archbishop George J. Lucas expressed his gratitude for the support of the Black and Indian Mission Office at a meeting with Father...
View ArticleMission Office Strengthens Partnership with Archdiocese of Omaha
Father Wayne Paysse, Executive Director of the Black and Indian Mission Office, accompanied by BIMO Communications Director Patrick Finn, met with Dr. Valerie Conzett, Director of Family Life for the...
View ArticleNatives, Priests, Sisters Share in Unique Winnebago Mission
A unique, active community awaited Father Wayne Paysse and Patrick Finn at Saint Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, Nebraska. At the center of the Mission is Saint Augustine School, serving young...
View ArticleOnly Black Catholic Church in Nebraska: a Shining Light
A long, proud history of involvement is readily evident when visiting Saint Benedict the Moor Church in Omaha, as BIMO staff Father Wayne Paysse and Patrick Finn did on April 20. Founded by the Jesuits...
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Deacons Pass the Torch of Leadership in East River South Dakota
Deacon Alfred “Bud” Jetty, a member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, has retired from the leadership of Native American ministry in the Diocese of Sioux Falls, passing the torch to Deacon Chet Cordell....
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Mission Office Intern, Former Columbia Magazine Editor Ordained Priest
Featured photo: Hartford Archbishop Henry J. Mansell imposes hands on Timothy Hickey, in one of the essential acts of ordination to the priesthood. The ordination took place on May 11 at the Cathedral...
View ArticleJosephites Ordain Seven Priests
The Josephite community welcomed seven new priests at a beautiful ordination Mass celebrated June 1 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The Josephites are...
View ArticleMother Lange’s Remains Re-Interred in Motherhouse, Cause Advances
The remains of Servant of God, Mother Mary Lange, O.S.P., foundress of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, were recently re-interred in the motherhouse chapel of her sisters. BIMO board...
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