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Sr. Thea Bowman, pictured in 1988, is among six African American candidates for sainthood. Bowman, the only African American member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, died in 1990 at age 52. (Courtesy of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
Sr. Thea Bowman, pictured in 1988, is among six African American candidates for sainthood. Bowman, the only African American member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, died in 1990. (Courtesy of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)