{"id":79586,"date":"2026-03-11T18:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=79586"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:26:32","slug":"meet-the-artist-behind-the-47-paintings-supporting-sister-thea-bowmans-cause-for-canonization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/meet-the-artist-behind-the-47-paintings-supporting-sister-thea-bowmans-cause-for-canonization\/","title":{"rendered":"\u062a\u0639\u0631\u0641 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u064a\u0642\u0641 \u0648\u0631\u0627\u0621 47 \u0644\u0648\u062d\u0629 \u062a\u062f\u0639\u0645 \u0642\u0636\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u0637\u0648\u064a\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u062a \u062b\u064a\u0627 \u0628\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Nearly 30 years ago, Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS, an award-winning artist, found himself in a hospital room as his father battled colon cancer. One afternoon he came across a magazine and in it was the last interview with Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman \u2014 an African American woman who challenged the Church in the 20th century to confront its history of racial exclusion and to embrace Black Catholics through her work as a scholar, teacher, and speaker.\u201cI had never\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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