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There s been much talk about institutions and businesses doing their part to address racism. A west Baltimore church is beginning a journey to understand its past and atone for the men and women their founding rectors and families enslaved. The Memorial Episcopal Church started its journey in 2017. It wasn t until one of its current leaders revealed her own family had been enslaved that their efforts picked up momentum. I think about the resilience of my folks, how they survived with the work and the labor, said the Rev. Natalie Conway, deacon of Memorial Episcopal Church in Bolton Hill.Conway recounted finding out that her great-great-grandmother, Harriett Cromwell, was enslaved at the Hampton National Historic Site, formerly Hampton Plantation in Towson off Dulaney Valley Road. They called her Hattie, and when she was manumitted in 1828, she had a 1-year-old son with her who was able to go with her. Anyone 2 and up had to stay here, Conway said.Anyone up to age 35 in o ....
If anything underscores how far mainline Christian churches in this country have strayed from their mission, it is their embrace of demands by racial activists for monetary reparations for black slavery. Episcopalians, as befits their guilt-ridden souls, once again have taken the lead in this misguided mission. On Sunday, January 24, the members of Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore’s Bolton Hill area voted to set aside $500,000 over the next five years for “justice-centered work” as atonement for the church role in slavery and related injustices. Designated community organizations would spend the money pretty much as they please. The initiative was the brainchild of the church rector, Rev. Grey Maggiano, who led an internal probe of his church’s connections to slavery. The investigation widened after a deacon, Natalie Conway, who is black, learned that some of her ancestors were slaves of founding pastor Charles Ridgley Howard. The report concluded, “Racism is i ....
Episcopal church established by Baltimore slave owners creates $500,000 reparations fund baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“Our church has a long history of, unfortunately, supporting racial segregation up until 1969, being active participants in it,” said the Rev. Grey Maggiano, rector of the church that was founded in 1860, on Tuesday (Jan. 26). “And so we’ve identified a few key areas where we need to make particular amends and atone.” The church’s action comes in response to the approval in September by the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland of a $1 million “seed fund for reparations.” The full statement from Memorial follows: Baltimore Jan. 25 Yesterday, Memorial Episcopal Church unanimously approved an act of reparations with the creation of the Guy T. Hollyday Memorial Justice and Reparations Initiative seeded a withdrawal of $50,000. The figure represents roughly 10% of the endowed wealth of the parish. The parish will add an additional $50,000 from its operating budget. The church has committed $500,000 to justice and reparations over 5 years. ....