Back to School at BOMCA!

I don’t know about you, but I looked forward to every holiday from school in all my years as a student and equally hated going back to school after the holiday ended. My best memory about the first day of school, from grade school to college, is that there was hardly...

Catholic 365 – The Story of Ven. Augustus Tolton

When more than a hundred students clad in purple uniforms sitting in the hot Nigerian sun heard their American speaker tell the story about a black American who became a priest, it might have been the first time they had heard such a story.

Open House Precedes New School Year

At the BOMCA graduation ceremony last July, the program included students creatively showcasing what they had learned to their parents and other stakeholders, like myself, in attendance. A young primary school student named Rosemary stole the show with her “names for...

Masters Perform Unforgettable Drama!

The students of BOMCA (a.k.a. “the Masters”) perform dramas to express the Self-Emptying (Phil 2:6-11) mission of HEAL and the charism and apostolate of the Messengers of Justice Sisters (MOJ’s). I witnessed such a performance at my send off ceremony on July 13, the...

Fr. Augustus Tolton’s Story Told in Africa!

I had the distinct privilege to speak about Fr. Tolton to the secondary school section of BOMCA in July. Special thanks to Bishop Joseph N. Perry, Postulator for the Cause of Augustus Tolton, and Joyce Duriga, editor of Chicago Catholic, for providing me with...