Thea Bowman

Thea Bowman

Thea Bowman (December 29, 1937 in Yazoo City, Mississippi - March 30, 1990 in Canton, Mississippi) was a Roman Catholic nun, teacher, and scholar.Born Bertha Bowman she converted to the Roman Catholic Church and joined the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was educated at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Catholic University of America, and Boston College, and was a scholar of William Faulkner. [ [http://www.bc.edu/offices/ahana/about/history/bowman.html Sister Thea Bowman (1937 - 1990) - Boston College ] ] She gave inspirational talks and was on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace. [ [http://www.fspa.org/fspanews/thea_bowman.asp Sister Thea Bowman ] ] A number of schools were named after Sister Thea. [ [http://theabowmanschool.com Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School ] ] And Xavier University of Louisiana named their Institution for Black Catholic Studies after Sister Thea. [ [http://www.xula.edu/IBCS Institute for Black Catholic Studies ] ]

Sister Thea Bowman told Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes: 'I think the difference between me and some people is that I'm content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we'd have a tremendous light'. [ [http://www.theabowmanschool.com/pages/thea.html Welcome to Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School Online! ] ]

Published works

*Bowman, Sister Thea, FSPA, "Families, Black and Catholic, Catholic and Black", 1985.

*CEPRESS, Sister Celestine, FSPA, (ed.), "Sister Thea Bowman, Shooting Star." Selected Writings and Speeches, La Crosse (Wisconsin), Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 1999.

Note: symbol "FSPA": Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration.

References

External links

* [http://www.fspa.org/fspanews/thea_bowman.asp Sister Thea Bowman and the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration]
* [http://hillconnections.org/ri/bowman1ja.htm Sister Thea Bowman]
* [http://www.nd.edu/~ndvi/pages/inspiration/models/048.html Sister Thea Bowman and Inspiration]


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