Sr. Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., Ph.D., was born in the small rural town of Canton in Central Mississippi. Her grandfather was a slave; her father was a physician and her mother, a teacher. In 1965, Sr.

Sister Thea Bowman was the first African-American woman to receive an honorary Doctorate in Religion from Boston College. Sr. Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., Ph.D., was born in the small rural town of Canton ...