She is author of Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle. Hear the full version of this interview on the Century podcast In Search Of. Can we start with an ...

The annual celebration of Catholic Sisters Week is observed March 8–14 to honor the women who have taken religious vows and ...

they can see the habit and remember back to their God, and who they belong to." Piro, her principal, attended Catholic school during a time when there were a lot more nuns. He remembers them as a ...