Mark Zimmermann

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Cardinal Wilton Gregory speaks at a lecturn next to a painted portrait of Sister Thea Bowman

Catholic student center at Washington's Howard University named for Sister Thea Bowman

On a day when history was made 60 years earlier with the March on Washington, Fr. Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in the nation's capital, noted that the campus ministry program there was making history of its own, with the blessing and dedication of its new Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center.

Sr. Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, during a talk she gave at St. Augustine Church in Washington in 1986 (CNS/Catholic Standard/Michael Hoyt)

Sr. Thea Bowman is a prophetic witness, priest tells Catholic University event

"At this moment in our church and in our country's history, we need to hear the wisdom and the insights of Sister Thea, perhaps more than ever. Her words, her example, her call to family and holiness is deeply needed in the Church and even more desperately needed in the country."

Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory greets Mary Nathan, a resident of the Little Sisters' Jeanne Jugan Residence in Washington, after celebrating Mass on Aug. 14 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Little Sisters of the Poor in the nation's capital.

Little Sisters mark 150 years of loving care of elderly poor in Washington

Washington's archbishop praised the Little Sisters as examples of Jesus' teaching, that "those who listen to God's word and try to live by that word are dear to the heart of Christ."

Outreach to migrants gives nun 'hope in humanity'