杰克逊教区结束了西娅·鲍曼修女封圣程序的阶段，将她的档案送往梵蒂冈，申请潜在的封圣。 The Diocese of Jackson closed its phase in Sister Thea Bowman’s canonization process, sending her records to the Vatican for potential sainthood.

密西西比的杰克逊教区已经完成了对修女Thea Bowman的授礼过程的阶段。 Thea Bowman修女是天主教黑人姐妹,提倡种族公正,为潜在的圣人铺平了道路。 The Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, has completed its phase in the canonization process for Sister Thea Bowman, a Black Catholic religious sister and advocate for racial justice, paving the way for potential sainthood. 2月9日, 主教Joseph Kopacz主持闭幕弥撒, 封存记录于2018年开放, Bishop Joseph Kopacz presided over a closing Mass on February 9, sealing records from the cause opened in 2018 and forwarding them to the Vatican. 鲍曼(Bowman)从小就改信天主教,在威斯康辛大学任教,共同创建了全国黑人修女大会,并帮助创建了1987年的诗歌《领导我,指导我 》 ( Lead Me, Reguide me ) 。 她1989年在美国主教的演讲中分享了一首精神歌曲,并肯定教会是她的家,成为她的象征。 Bowman, who converted to Catholicism as a child, taught in Wisconsin, co-founded the National Black Sisters’ Conference, and helped create the 1987 hymnal “Lead Me, Guide Me.” Her 1989 speech to U.S. bishops, where she shared a spiritual song and affirmed the Church as her home, became iconic. 她于1990年死于乳腺癌,埋葬在田纳西州孟菲斯。 She died in 1990 from breast cancer and is buried in Memphis, Tennessee. 她的遗产继续激励着教会包容和种族正义的努力。 Her legacy continues to inspire efforts toward inclusion and racial justice in the Church.