Correction: Black Catholic History story

Faustina Bema, a candidate for Novice of the Sisters of the Holy Family, prays inside a chapel during a retreat at their Mother House in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. In the archdioceses of New Orleans and Chicago, top leaders are encouraging their schools to place a new emphasis on teaching about racial justice, as well as the history of Black Catholics. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press

This circa 1875 photo provided by the Oblate Sisters of Providence shows Sisters Mildred Thomas and Regina Frazier with students and orphans at Saint Frances School for Girls in Baltimore, Md. Mother Mary Lange, who co-founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore in 1829, is among six Black Catholic Americans formally placed in the canonization process that could lead to sainthood. (Oblate Sisters of Providence via AP) The Associated Press

Sr. Laurita Oliver walks past photos of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, human trafficking survivor Josephine Bakhita of Sudan and Pope John Paul II, right, during a retreat at the Sisters of the Holy Family Mother House in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. The Rev. Daniel Green, who heads the Office of Black Catholic Ministries for the New Orleans archdiocese, said an initiative will strive to highlight Black Catholics' culture and identity 'œso everyone has an appreciation for the struggle and the gifts they bring to the church.' (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press

Sister Andria Donald of the Sisters of the Holy Family works with teachers Janice Donalds, left, and Robin Jackson, partially visible, along with children Julio Washington, right, and Santana Washington, at the St. John Berchmans Early Childhood Care Center in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. In the archdioceses of New Orleans and Chicago, top leaders are encouraging their schools to place a new emphasis on teaching about racial justice, as well as the history of Black Catholics. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press

A bust of Jesus sits on a window sill as Sister Andria Donald, of the Sisters of the Holy Family, talks on a phone, at the St. John Berchmans Early Childhood Care Center, run by the sisters, in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. 'œThe teaching of anti-racism is pretty strong in Catholic schools,' said Kathy Mears, the NCEA's interim president. 'œBut teaching the contributions of Black Catholics to our history is not where it should have been. Whatever we can do to correct this error, we're all in.' (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press

Irvin Jackson, 4, works on lessons with Sister Andria Donald of the Sisters of the Holy Family, at the St. John Berchmans Early Childhood Care Center in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Amid the national tumult over racial injustice, there are high-level calls for the schools to teach more about the church's past links to slavery and segregation, and how Black Catholics persevered nonetheless. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press

Sister Andria Donald of the Sisters of the Holy Family guides the hand of Irvin Jackson, 4, on a computer mouse during lessons at the St. John Berchmans Early Childhood Care Center in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. At present, there are about 3 million African American Catholics, roughly 4% of the nation's 69 million Catholics. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press

This 1911 photo provided by the Oblate Sisters of Providence shows a patriotic celebration at the Guardian Angels Home for Boys in Leavenworth, Kan. The Oblates ministered here from 1888 to 1959. Mother Mary Lange, who co-founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore in 1829, is among six Black Catholic Americans formally placed in the canonization process that could lead to sainthood. (Oblate Sisters of Providence via AP) The Associated Press

Sister Leona Bruner, a Mother Superior for the Sisters of the Holy Family, points out local religious figures in a painting that depicts a Black Jesus inside their Mother House in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. The National Catholic Educational Association is forming an advisory committee to study how initiatives to place a new emphasis on teaching about racial justice, as well as the history of Black Catholics could be launched in the thousands of Catholic schools nationwide. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press

Sister Andria Donald of the Sisters of the Holy Family holds hands with Irvin Jackson, 4, as they walk down a hall in the St. John Berchmans Early Childhood Care Center in New Orleans, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Amid the national tumult over racial injustice, there are high-level calls for the schools to teach more about the church's past links to slavery and segregation, and how Black Catholics persevered nonetheless. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press