Meet Father Rivers

Emily Strand

Author and musician Emily Strand examines the life, legacy and her own brief, personal encounter with a little-known but essential figure in American Catholic history: Black liturgist and composer Fr. Clarence Joseph Rivers.

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Meet Father Rivers

Episodes (41)

Nov 1, 2025 A Historic Moment in Black Catholic History
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Meet Father Rivers

Nov 1, 2025
40 minutes
36 MB

Eric and Emily reconvene the podcast after a break and share some life updates: for Eric, joining the Society of St. Joseph and beginning life as a seminarian; for Emily, campus ministry, liturgical music and teaching at Ohio Dominican University. They welcome Deacon Royce Winters of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati (and personal friend of Father Rivers) to discuss some great news: the approval of a historical marker all about Father Rivers, to be installed at St. Joseph Parish in Cincinnati. Eric, Emily and Deacon Royce discuss the process for the marker (especially determining its text) and ultimately the enduring...

Meet Father Rivers

A Historic Moment in Black Catholic History

Emily Strand

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