Full Name
Dr. Cecilia A. Moore PhD.
Speaker Bio
Cecilia A. Moore graduated magna cum laude from Sweet Briar College with an A.B. in History and Religion and from the University of Virginia with a M.A. and a Ph.D. in American Religious History.
She has taught at the University of Dayton in the Department of Religious Studies since 1996 and at Xavier University of Louisiana in the Institute for Black Catholic Studies since 1998.
Her area of specialization is U.S. Catholic history and currently she is working on the history of black conversion to Roman Catholicism in the 20th century.
In addition to publishing in numerous scholarly and popular journals, Dr. Moore with Dr. C. Vanessa White of the Catholic Theological Union and Fr. Paul Marshall, S.M., Rector of the University Dayton, co-edited Songs of Our Hearts and Meditations of Our Souls: Prayers for Black Catholics published by St. Anthony Messenger Press in 2006.
She has taught at the University of Dayton in the Department of Religious Studies since 1996 and at Xavier University of Louisiana in the Institute for Black Catholic Studies since 1998.
Her area of specialization is U.S. Catholic history and currently she is working on the history of black conversion to Roman Catholicism in the 20th century.
In addition to publishing in numerous scholarly and popular journals, Dr. Moore with Dr. C. Vanessa White of the Catholic Theological Union and Fr. Paul Marshall, S.M., Rector of the University Dayton, co-edited Songs of Our Hearts and Meditations of Our Souls: Prayers for Black Catholics published by St. Anthony Messenger Press in 2006.
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Full Name
Dcn. Phillip Jackson
Speaker Bio
Deacon Phillip Jackson is originally from Oakland, California, where he attended 12 years of Catholic school. He attended Prairie View A&M University and graduated with a BS in Political Science. Deacon Philip and his wife Karla Le Beaux have five children and nine grandchildren.
He has an extensive job and education history: Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in 1977 as a Non-Lawyer Trial Counsel for the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Camp Pendleton, CA.; Director of Purchasing in Prairie View from 1982 until 1992; received his MBA in management from Prairie View A&M in 1990; opened The Jackson Insurance Agency in 1992; became the Associate Director of Magnificat House in 1995; principal buyer for Hydro Agri, Trinidad, West Indies in 1999; served as the Counseling and Testing Administration Coordinator for the Communicable Disease Division in the Bureau of HIV/STD Prevention for the Houston Department of Health and Human Services in 2002; Parish Administrator at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in 2006. where he was ordained as a permanent deacon in 2007; Director of the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in 2016; received his Master of Arts Degree in Faith and Culture from the University of St. Thomas in 2018.
Deacon Phillip enjoys classical music as well as smooth jazz. He is a trained Spiritual Director and has been providing spiritual direction since the year 2000. He has been a retreat master, and speaker, and has hosted a radio program, "Our Catholic Voice."
He has an extensive job and education history: Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in 1977 as a Non-Lawyer Trial Counsel for the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Camp Pendleton, CA.; Director of Purchasing in Prairie View from 1982 until 1992; received his MBA in management from Prairie View A&M in 1990; opened The Jackson Insurance Agency in 1992; became the Associate Director of Magnificat House in 1995; principal buyer for Hydro Agri, Trinidad, West Indies in 1999; served as the Counseling and Testing Administration Coordinator for the Communicable Disease Division in the Bureau of HIV/STD Prevention for the Houston Department of Health and Human Services in 2002; Parish Administrator at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in 2006. where he was ordained as a permanent deacon in 2007; Director of the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in 2016; received his Master of Arts Degree in Faith and Culture from the University of St. Thomas in 2018.
Deacon Phillip enjoys classical music as well as smooth jazz. He is a trained Spiritual Director and has been providing spiritual direction since the year 2000. He has been a retreat master, and speaker, and has hosted a radio program, "Our Catholic Voice."
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