Tamika Royes

Tamika Royes

Tamika Royes is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Hons. B.A. She recently completed a post-graduate diploma in Catholic Studies at Assumption University. Her background includes fifteen years in the social services sector in varying capacities: case manager, abused women's shelter worker, project coordinator and HR advisor. Tamika has also published reflections with varying Catholic media online magazines, leads a Bible study at her local parish and seeks to pursue studies in theology and the Catholic scholastic tradition.

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Servant of God Thea Bowman speaks at a church in 1988. (Black Catholic Messenger/Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)

Sojourner Truth, Sister Thea and the preaching of Black Catholic women

Tamika Royes suggests that Black Catholic women can help revive the Catholic Church — if only they are permitted to make full use of their gifts.

Who gets to speak on the Catholic internet – and who doesn't?

The internet is a space of human gathering, and people today often begin their search for meaning online. As Catholics, we should be there to help. So, when we look at who is gaining audience and popularity on the digital continent, we must also be looking for the voices that are missing. 

Worshippers pray during a Black Catholic History Month Mass in November at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia. (BCM/Catholic Herald/Jim Hale)

The Catholic Church must learn hospitality to stem 'Black exodus'

Tamika Royes of Black Catholic Messenger addresses the church's "Black exodus" and how to foster the welcome that all deserve in God's house.

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