Attendees of Sister Thea Bowman Conference encouraged to bring ‘whole self’ to church

Attendees of Sister Thea Bowman Conference encouraged to bring ‘whole self’ to church

WASHINGTON — Thirty-five years after her death, the witness of Sister Thea Bowman — a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, scholar, cultural advocate and joyful daughter of the church — continues to inspire a growing movement calling for her canonization.Through keynote addresses, panel conversations, music, and moving testimony, attendees at the Sister Thea Bowman Conference March 29 at The Catholic University of America in Washington refl…