Cardinal-Archbishop Seán O’Malley during a meals distribution to Boston families in need | Photo courtesy of the Cardinal-Archbishop of Boston OfficeCardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Boston Seán Patrick O’Malley, publicly shows his support to African Americans on his Twitter account to commemorate Black History Month.
Using the hashtag #BlackHistoryMonth, Cardinal O’Malley highlighted Venerated black members of the Roman Catholic Church in the USA and cited Pulitzer poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
"We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond."
– Gwendolyn Brooks #BlackHistoryMonth @bostoncatholic— Cardinal Seán (@CardinalSean) February 1, 2019
“We are grateful to Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Venerable Henriette Delille S.S.F., Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, O.S.P., Father Augustus Tolton, Julia Greeley and Sr. Thea Bowman, F.S..P.A., for their witness of strong faith and heroic virtue,” O’Malley said in one Tweet.
