Dr. Valerie D. Lewis-Mosley

May 31 7:30-8:30 pm (in person) at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church Parish Center

Luke 1:46-55 and the seven Principles of Catholic Social Teaching provide both a spiritual context and action plan for addressing systems, structures, and paradigms, that contribute to the institutionalized racism that exists within our society and within the Church.

 Institutionalized racism impacts not only the mental and physical boundaries of Black and Brown peoples, but it is also an attack on the spirit (Mind Body Spirit). It is a spiritual context that also needs to be eradicated for it perpetuates not only white supremacy, but it reinforces the attachment to white idolatry.

Ephesians Chapter 6 provides us as well some insight as to how we can use the spiritual practices of our faith to dismantle the sin of racism. As harmful as racism is against those who are victimized- it as well destroys the spirit of the perpetrator.