{"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\/nl\/learn\/meet-the-artist-behind-the-47-paintings-supporting-sister-thea-bowmans-cause-for-canonization\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontmoet de kunstenaar achter de 47 schilderijen die de zaak van zuster Thea Bowman voor heiligverklaring ondersteunen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bijna 30 jaar geleden bevond broeder Mickey McGrath, OSFS, een bekroond kunstenaar, zich in een ziekenhuiskamer terwijl zijn vader vocht tegen darmkanker. Op een middag kwam hij een tijdschrift tegen met daarin het laatste interview met Dienaar Gods zuster Thea Bowman \u2014 een Afro-Amerikaanse vrouw die de Kerk in de 20e eeuw uitdaagde om haar geschiedenis van raciale uitsluiting onder ogen te zien en zwarte katholieken te omarmen door haar werk als geleerde, lerares en spreker.<\/p>\n

\u201cIk had nog nooit van de vrouw gehoord, maar ik las dit artikel daar ter plekke en dacht: \u2018Wauw, zij was bijzonder. Hoe heb ik haar al die tijd kunnen missen,\u2019\u201d vertelde McGrath aan EWTN News.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuziek vormde het hart van haar hele bediening,\u201d voegde hij eraan toe. \u201cEn dus trof dat mij als kunstenaar ook, dat ze haar artistieke gaven gebruikte om haar geest te versterken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Een jaar later verwelkomde McGrath een paar broeders in zijn huis die zich voorbereidden op het afleggen van hun eeuwige geloften. Samen bekeken ze een video over Bowman die hem \u201cenergie gaf en inspireerde.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDe volgende ochtend stond ik op en begon ik te schilderen en ik ben twee weken lang niet gestopt,\u201d zei hij. \u201cEn in twee weken tijd had ik negen schilderijen in een stijl die heel anders was dan alles wat ik ooit eerder had gedaan... Het was alsof ik dingen aanraakte die al diep in mij zaten, weet je, spiritueel, maar waar ik geen toegang toe had.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Een schets gemaakt door broeder Mickey McGrath, OSFS, wordt getoond tijdens de mis voor de heiligverklaring van zuster Thea Bowman in de St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi, op 9 februari 2026. | Credit: Met dank aan broeder Mickey McGrath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nu heeft McGrath 47 schilderijen ge\u00efnspireerd door Bowman die in dozen zijn verpakt en naar Rome zijn gestuurd voor beoordeling om haar heiligverklaring te bevorderen.<\/p>\n

De diocesane fase van Bowmans heiligverklaring werd op 9 februari officieel afgesloten door het bisdom Jackson, Mississippi. McGrath woonde de mis voor deze gelegenheid bij, die werd opgedragen door bisschop Joseph Kopacz en gehouden in de kathedraal van St. Peter de Apostel in Jackson. <\/p>\n

Hij noemde het een \u201cwerkelijk prachtig evenement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opmerkelijke aanwezigen waren onder meer drie zusters uit Bowmans gemeenschap; Meg Paulino, hun gemeenschapsarchivaris; en Emanuele Spedicato, de postulator voor haar heiligverklaring.<\/p>\n

Terugblikkend op zijn schilderijen zei McGrath dat er \u00e9\u00e9n boven de rest uitsteekt: een schilderij getiteld \u201cThis Little Light of Mine.\u201d Een schilderij uit zijn eerste negen schilderijen ge\u00efnspireerd door Bowman \u2014 die hij \u201cde spirituals\u201d noemt \u2014 dit schilderij toont Bowman in een groen habijt terwijl ze een monstrans omhoog houdt. Hij legde uit dat het het klassieke lied verbindt met \u201chet licht van Christus.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGrath deelde dat Bowman katholieken vandaag de dag nog steeds een belangrijke boodschap meegeeft: \u201cWe zijn allemaal gemaakt naar het beeld en de gelijkenis van God, en dat moet voorop staan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowman, geboren als Bertha Bowman in 1937 in Mississippi, was een baanbrekende katholieke zuster, opvoeder en evangelist. Als lid van de Franciscanessen van de Altijddurende Aanbidding bekeerde ze zich als kind tot het katholicisme en werd ze later een van de meest overtuigende pleitbezorgers voor zwarte katholieke spiritualiteit in de Verenigde Staten.<\/p>\n

Met een doctoraat in Engelse literatuur en een talent voor verhalen vertellen, reisde Bowman het land door om te spreken, zingen en lesgeven \u2014 waarbij ze de Kerk aanspoorde om de culturele gaven van Afro-Amerikaanse katholieken te omarmen.<\/p>\n

In 1989, ondanks haar strijd tegen kanker, sprak Bowman de Amerikaanse bisschoppen toe met een inmiddels beroemde toespraak die gospelmuziek, humor en een profetische oproep tot eenheid combineerde. Haar getuigenis liet een blijvende indruk achter, en in 2018 werd haar heiligverklaring formeel geopend door het bisdom Jackson, waardoor ze de titel \u201cDienaar Gods\u201d kreeg.<\/p>\n

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Nearly 30 years ago, Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS, an award-winning artist, found himself in a hospital room as his father battled colon cancer. 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