Monday Starter:Veil of Silence includes interviews with 11 women, recounting abuses of power and psychological or emotional abuse; congregations of sisters sign up to participate in Laudato Si' Action Platform; virtual event to showcase history of National Black Sisters' Conference
Monday Starter: Hulu's series "Dopesick" examines how the Sackler family's Purdue Pharma triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series features Notre Dame of Montreal Sr. Beth Davies, played by Meagen Fay, a recovering alcoholic turned alcohol counselor.
Monday Starter: Sister Anita Baird of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary will present the history of the National Black Sisters Conference in a Nov. 30 virtual conference hosted by FutureChurch. The event marks Black Catholic History Month.
A campaign is collecting signatures in a letter to the pope that asks him to expedite the canonization of six Black Catholic sainthood candidates. "We know there is a process, but it is not working for Black American Catholics and supporters," it said.
