Emily Strand is author of Mass 101: Liturgy and Life and the blog LiturgyAndLife.com. She teaches religion and cultural competency at Mt. Carmel College in Ohio and serves on the National Association of Pastoral Musicians as Chair of the Forum on Communication. She co-hosts the podcasts "Potterversity" and "Meet Father Rivers."

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A painting of Fr. Clarence Joseph Rivers is pictured at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cincinnati, where he served as associate pastor and where he began composing music. (Courtesy of Emily Strand)

New podcast explores the life of Fr. Clarence Joseph Rivers

Opinion
Culture
Feb 10, 2022

The podcast "Meet Father Rivers" examines the life of an inexplicably obscure figure of U.S. Catholic history. Fr. Clarence Joseph Rivers, a Black priest in Cincinnati, broke barriers of race, culture, worship and art.