North City Interracial Relations Committee

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The North City Deanery of the Archdiocese of St. Louis created the Interracial Relations Committee to build relationships across racial lines.

The North City Deanery, now known as The North City Interracial Relations Committee, still seeks to build relationships across racial lines. We are grounded in our shared Catholic faith and are committed to understanding the reality and history of racism and how it has affected our parish communities. We seek to live out more fully Jesus' universal prayer "that they may be one.

Dismantling Racism

After the events in Ferguson, the North City Deanery Interracial Relations Committee was formed to address issues related to race and racism.

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Crossing the Delmar Divide

About 250 St. Louis area Catholics and other residents symbolically walked across Delmar Boulevard, the street signifying the city’s racial and economic divides, as part of what they called a “pilgrimage” Saturday.