African Ancestry Ministry and Evangelization

African Ancestry Ministry and Evangelization is established by the Diocese of Raleigh to foster the mission of the Roman Catholic Church, spread the Gospel, celebrate the Sacraments, and form a faith community. To do this ministry, we must create an atmosphere in which individuals of African descent can maintain their identity, heighten their visibility, and enhance their lives as Catholics. The ministry will be concerned with nurturing those in the faith, reconciling those fallen away from the faith, and offering a church home to the unchurched through conversion to the Catholic faith.

• 2011-2012 Plan (PDF)
• History of this ministry
• AAMEN Executive Committee (PDF)
• AAMEN Advisory Board (PDF)

African Masses

2nd Sunday of Month – Swahili Mass
Time: 2:00pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
2718 Overbrook Drive
Raleigh, NC 27608
Contact: Fr. Pius Wekesa (psw2563@yahoo.com)
2nd and 4th Sundays of the Month - Igbo Mass
Time: 1:30 pm
St Joseph Catholic Church
624 S. Peartree Lane
Raleigh, NC 27608
Contact: Fr. Joseph Oji (joji@stmichaelcary.org)
4th Sunday of Month – African French Speaking Mass
Time: 1:00 pm
St. Mary Mother of the Church
1008 Vandora Springs Road
Garner, NC 27529
Contact: Fr. Roger Malonda (romalonda@yahoo.fr)

Contacts

The Catholic Center
715 Nazareth Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 821-9762
Director
Mrs. Lauren Green
E-Mail: Lauren.Green@raldioc.org
Vicar for African Ancestry Catholics
Rev. Msgr Thomas P. Hadden
E-Mail: haddent@raldioc.org
Administrator for Saint Alphonsus Center
Wilena McPhatter
Phone: 252-243-7592
E-mail: mcphatterw@raldioc.org
St. Alphonsus Center
810 Reid St., E
Wilson, NC 27893

Ref.: http://www.dioceseofraleigh.org/how/african/index.aspx