Joseph Perry

Fr. Augustus Tolton is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS/Courtesy of the Chicago Archdiocese Archives and Records Center)

With new grant, Chicago's Tolton Spirituality Center hosts first event series

St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Chicago has received a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to help establish a center inspired by Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first U.S. Catholic priest recognized as Black.

Sainthood causes draw focus to black Catholics and need for justice

By Don Clemmer

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