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2024 Fr. Chester P. Smith National Black Catholic Men's Conference- Baltimore, MD
2024 Fr. Chester P. Smith National Black Catholic Men's Conference- Baltimore, MD
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DAY OF GIVING! 

To celebrate the birthday of Frs. Charles and Chester Smith, SVD, have launched our Day of Giving campaign.  To support the Bowman-Francis Ministry we hope you will give an offering for the campaign to reach our goal of raising $10,000.

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See highlights from the 2023 National Black Catholic Men's Conference in Louisville, KY! 

COMING SOON!!

See highlights from the 2022 National Black Catholic Men's Conference in Indianapolis, IN! 

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Highlights

Read Highlights from the 2022
Fr. Chester P. Smith
National Black Catholic Men's Conference

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Read more about the recent events of the Society of the Divine Word. 

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As many of you already know Pope Francis has deemed 2021 the year of

St. joseph

below please find the prayer to St. Joseph and all penitent information

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Prayer to St. Joseph

The official prayer of the Year of St. Joseph  

To you, O blessed Joseph (Ad te, beate Ioseph) was composed by Pope Leo XIII in his 1889 encyclical, Quamquam Pluries. Pope Francis has asked that it be added to the end of the Rosary especially during October, the month of the Holy Rosary.

This prayer is enriched with a partial indulgence (Source: USCCB).

Click here to view the Litany of St. Joseph

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our afflictions, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.

Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness. Read more...

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Remember… What’s coming is better than what’s been!

Something completed is better than something just begun; patience is better than too much pride.

ECC 7:8

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Remembering

Rev. Chester P. Smith, SVD

IN A WORD remembers Father Chester

 

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father Chester P. Smith, SVD

who entered into eternal life on April 8, 2020. Remember also in your prayers

Fr. Charles (his twin), Marcheta (his sister), Kermit (his brother), the entire Smith family, as well as the Bowman-Francis Ministry Team and the members of the Society of the Divine Word.

 

Click here to access The Virtual Memorial Celebration or Fr. Chester’s Obituary

Joint Statement
on the
Black Lives Matter
Movement
and
Black Catholics 
Responsibility
17th Annual National Black Catholic Men's  Conference
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Read the Synopsis of the 2020 Virtual Conference Here
Replay of the
Virtual Memorial Celebration
for
Rev. Chester P. Smith, SVD

from

Sun. May 3, 2020

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OUR HISTORY:
BOWMAN-FRANCIS MINISTRY TEAM'S  NAMESAKE

Here you can find information on

Our NAMESAKES

The Most Rev.  Joseph Francis, SVD

Very Rev. John Bowman, SVD

and

Servant of God - Sr. Thea Bowman, FSPA

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OUR PROGRAMS
AND
MINISTRIES

The primary mission of the

Bowman-Francis Team is to minister to the total Black Catholic: spiritually, physically and intellectually. It is our endeavor to offer many gainful avenues to meet the needs of Black people everywhere.

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