Our Mission
Bound by the tenets of our faith, we confront racism with love by listening, learning, and acting in God’s grace to build an anti-racist church.
Announcements and Upcoming Events
Based on feedback from our monthly gathering evaluations, VCRJ will be hosting a meeting to offer ways you and/or your parish to support the canonization of Saintly Six.
Join us
Wednesday, May 22nd
from 7:00-8:30 p.m. via Zoom for
“Summer with the Saintly Six”
VCRJ leaders will provide talking points and creative ways to engage parishes and invite you to share your own ideas and suggestions. To RSVP, click the button below to receive the meeting Zoom link:
Our Next Monthly Gathering
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Whether you have been with us from the beginning or are new to VCRJ, we invite you join us. In the spirit of sankofa, we will reflect on VCRJ’s work this past year and how we move forward, journeying together.
We will gather via Zoom which will include small group breakouts where we will have an opportunity to share stories from this past year.
The Henriette Delille Tiny Saint Project
Did you know that Mother Mary Lange and Sister Henriette Delille started their own orders because they were not allowed to join white orders? Did you know Fr. Augustus Tolton was not allowed to be ordained in the U.S. Catholic Church because of the color of his skin?
Through this project, our hope is that the Saintly Six inspires Catholics to emulate their example of their steadfast faith and dedication to the service of others. Despite the obstacles, challenges, and hardships they endured because of the color of their skin, they are timeless models of holiness for all Catholics today.
May Gathering
The Power of Story
Saintly Six Resources
Working Groups
Our Story
Birthed out of the small groups of JustFaith Ministries’ racial justice modules, Virginia Catholics for Racial Justice is a network of people across the Diocese of Richmond who have moved from conversation to action.
Our grassroots ministry engages in an inclusive, welcoming, and on-going process to form and transform us into anti-racist individuals, and to build an anti-racist church.
We are guided by our faith, our experiences, discernment, relationship building at all levels, identification of strengths, affirmation of gifts, and the movement of the Holy Spirit to lead us to transformative action.
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