The different Black ethnic apostolates of Brooklyn and Queens came together over the weekend to celebrate Black History Month.
The congregation at Immaculate Conception Parish in Jamaica, Queens, holding up flags from countries like Trinidad, Haiti, and Ghana.
Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan was the main celebrant of the Mass, and Father Robert Seay, the former pastor of Our Lady of Charity Church in Brooklyn, was the homilist.
He spoke to Currents News about how he was excited to see the black communities of Brooklyn and Queens coming together.
The Thea Bowman Choir, a group of around 50 singers who sing gospel music in the style of the 20th-century nun, provided the music for the Mass.