Ark + Dove Podcast

29/05/2024

Focus on the story of a few prominent Black Catholics who are asking the Church to speak more clearly about racism and the racial divide.

Some of these Black Catholics are Fr. Josh Johnson, Gloria Purvis, and Bishop Edward Braxton.

Listen to them on episode 5 of the Ark + Dove podcast at https://open.spotify.com/episode/5s3meAH13rrsRxsJ69Itdd?si=0ERL1_ueQcqQ5GgF810b2g

The Ark + Dove is a 5-episode narrative podcast investigating the complex dynamics of faith and race

28/05/2024

Focus on the story of a few prominent Black Catholics who are asking the Church to speak more clearly about racism and the racial divide.

Some of these Black Catholics are Fr. Josh Johnson, Gloria Purvis, and Bishop Edward Braxton.

Listen to them on episode 5 of the Ark + Dove podcast at https://open.spotify.com/episode/5s3meAH13rrsRxsJ69Itdd?si=KxUfLe8VSCCew4lE5_eNEA

Ark and Dove · Episode

28/05/2024

Picture this. 1828. Mother Mary Lange. Children of color are being taught to read the Bible. Consider this the perfect time to dig deeper into the Catholic Church’s historical role in the education of African Americans.

P.s. Mother Mary Lange’s efforts to begin a school “to teach children of color to read the Bible” in 1828 came to fruition and is now known as St. Frances Academy.

The best part today? St. Frances Academy’s principal, Deacon Curtis Turner, features prominently in this 4th episode of the Ark + Dove podcast.

Listen now at https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Tt1gtZDwL6kL4qsCBCg5n?si=VD86EFkZQlOBX4O7ouhEGw

Listen to this episode from Ark and Dove on Spotify. This episode focuses on the Catholic Church’s historical role in the education of African Americans. Mother Mary Lange began a school “to teach children of color to read the Bible” in 1828. That school is now St. Frances Academy, and its pri...

28/05/2024

Get a glimpse into the transformation of Edmonson Village in Baltimore, with a focus on the center of the neighborhood: St. Bernardine.

Listen to long-time residents share their memories of the Catholic priests and parishioners who reacted to the population changes, and how they made a home for themselves and their families at the Church.

All of this on Episode 3 of the Ark + Dove Podcast out now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/67szUcBmLGAGaIQtDJXEYR?si=KJCUhTM7SXShXv4cizhE6w

Listen to this episode from Ark and Dove on Spotify. This episode continues on the transformation of Edmonson Village, this time focusing on the Catholic Church at the center of the neighborhood: St. Bernardine. Longtime residents share their memories of the Catholic priests and parishioners who rea...

10/05/2024

"Whenever you talk about the Black Catholic Church, I think your starting off point must begin with the Acts of the Apostles." Listen to Dr. Camille Brown Privette dial back to the 1st century with Christianity's in East Africa on the Ark + Dove podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hQkg5zZfBpoApqbDcdLvP?si=306a37249afc4b78

09/05/2024

How have corrupt bank practices such as land installment contracts played into the practice of "blockbusting"? Listen to Episode 2 of the Ark + Dove podcast as Historians Ed Orser + and John Tillman explain https://open.spotify.com/show/1U0RkVLzRsWzj7k2EuGpBj

Photo Credit: Baltimore Heritage.
Title: Dr. Ed Orser at Lauretta Avenue, Greater Rosemont Walking Tour.
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoreheritage/5140228341/

Podcast · Balthasar Media · The Ark and the Dove is an 5-episode narrative podcast investigating the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Community. The Ark and the Dove takes its name after the two companion ships that brought English Catholic se...

07/05/2024

Learn how the West Baltimore neighborhood of Edmondson Village changed from being essentially all White to all Black in the course of 10 years in Episode 2 of the Ark + Dove podcast: "Blockbusting in Baltimore City."

Podcast · Balthasar Media · The Ark and the Dove is an 5-episode narrative podcast investigating the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Community. The Ark and the Dove takes its name after the two companion ships that brought English Catholic se...

30/04/2024

Welcome to the Ark + Dove Podcast, a 5-episode narrative podcast investigating the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Church.

The Ark and Dove takes its name after the two companion ships that brought English Catholic settlers to Maryland in 1634.

Among the colonists on board was Mathias de Sousa, the first recorded black Catholic in Maryland, who later became an elected representative in the Maryland Assembly.

The Ark and Dove podcast seeks to present the faith, resilience, and hope of black Catholics in the United States.

Learn more about the Ark + Dove Podcast at

The Ark and the Dove is an 5-episode narrative podcast investigating the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Church.