They’ve been praying every Sunday with a 14-by-28-foot painting of a crucified black Jesus on display behind the altar. The casting of African-American Desi Giles at the Park Theater Performing ...

points out that among many Caribbean and American black people, even if pictures of a blond-haired Jesus hung at home or in church, “The worship was inevitably distinctly African derived.” ...

and litanies to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom Josephites have had devotion during the more than 150 years of ministry dedicated to serving African Americans in the United States. Since the ...