Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R.
Josephine Margaret Bakhita was declared a saint in 2000. She was the first Black woman to receive this honor in modern times. Josephine was born in Darfur, in western Sudan. The year was 1869 and her happy family of three brothers and three sisters and the parents who loved them was about to be impacted by the evil of slavery. Josephine’s sister was abducted in 1875. Josephine suffered a similar fate two years later. Josephine was made to walk 600 miles to another city in the Sudan where she was sold and forcibly converted to Islam. She was sold five more times, with her last “owner” holding…
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