This Little Light: Lessons in Living from Sister Thea Bowman Author_Jon Sweeney She entered Carmel and died

She entered Carmel and died only eleven months later at the age of nineteen

He sought humility above all things

It is too easy to salve one's conscience by identifying this religious way with the fundamentalist ideologies of its extremists

Bringing the Lost Sheep Home

This Little Light: Lessons in Living from Sister Thea Bowman Author_Jon Sweeney She entered Carmel and diedThis Little Light: Lessons in Living from Sister Thea Bowman AUTHOR: Michael O'Neill McGrath Sister Thea Bowman (1937 1980), an African American Franciscan, was one of the great treasures of the American Catholic church. Through her integration of Catholic tradition and black pride she served as a beacon for a church that celebrates diversity and love for all God's children. Through her ministry of public speaking she touched countless people, bearing