Thea Bowman

Sister Thea Bowman (b. December 29, 1937, Yazoo City, Mississippi - d. March 30, 1990, Canton, Mississippi) was a Roman Catholic nun, teacher, and scholar.
Born as Bertha Bowman, she converted to the Roman Catholic Church and joined the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was educated at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Catholic University of America, and Boston College, where she was a scholar of William Faulkner.Boston College site re Sister Thea Bowman (1937 - 1990) She gave inspirational talks and appeared on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace. FSPA.org:Sister Thea Bowman A number of schools were named in her honor,Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Schoolincluding Xavier University of Louisiana's Institution for Black Catholic Studies. Institute for Black Catholic Studies
Sister Bowman told Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes: "I think the difference between me and some people is that I'm content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we'd have a tremendous light".The Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School Online
==Published works==
*Bowman, Sr. Thea, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA), Families, Black and Catholic, Catholic and Black (1985)
*Cepress, Sr. Celestine, FSPA (ed.), Sister Thea Bowman, Shooting Star; selected writings and speeches, La Crosse, Wisconsin, FSPA (1999)
*Forthcoming full biography of Thea Bowman. Thea's Song: The Life and Work of Thea Bowman (Orbis Books, Feb. 2010)
==References==
==External links==
*Sister Thea Bowman
*Sister Thea Bowman and Inspiration
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Category:People from La Crosse, Wisconsin