Diocesan Resources
Bishop Holley's Reflection on the African American Family and the Culture of Life (2008)
Pamphlet written by Bishop Martin D. Holley (2008)
"As an African American Catholic Bishop who was born in a family of fourteen children, it should not be surprising that the issue of abortion, particularly in the African American family, is of extreme importance to me.
The witness of my parents taught all my siblings and me to respect the dignity of every human person and to always welcome the gift of life. Our family priest also left a solid impression on all of us as he mailed every letter sealed with a stamp, “Stop Abortions.” He understood the damage that abortion was doing to humanity and what it would eventually do to the Black family."