Servant of God Thea Bowman/Footprints

Footprints for Servant of God Thea Bowman are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Holy Child Jesus Catholic Church (Canton) – home parish & funeral (Childhood, vocation & funeral) [Public] Parish – Holy Child Jesus Church, Canton, MS, Canton, Mississippi, United States
  • Year: 1937
  • Diocese: Diocese of Jackson
  • Home parish landscape of Bertha “Thea” Bowman — conversion, FSPA mission school call, and 1990 funeral. Primary public Mississippi pilgrimage pin for the Servant of God cause.
  • Sources: https://www.usccb.org/servant-god-sister-thea-bowman; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Bowman

• Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration motherhouse association (La Crosse) (Religious formation & teaching) [Limited] Convent – FSPA motherhouse / Viterbo University area, La Crosse, WI, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
  • Year: 1953
  • Diocese: Diocese of La Crosse
  • FSPA community where Thea entered religious life, studied, and taught. Limited active campus — exterior/history; pair with La Crosse cathedral for a Wisconsin day.
  • Sources: https://www.fspa.org/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Bowman

• Jackson / Institute for Black Catholic Studies teaching landscape (Evangelization & education) [Limited] School – Jackson, MS (Black Catholic education & diocesan ministry), Jackson, Mississippi, United States
  • Year: 1978
  • Diocese: Diocese of Jackson
  • Mississippi capital landscape of Thea’s later teaching, music, and Black Catholic evangelization. Limited institutional pin — Canton remains the walk-up home hub.
  • Sources: https://www.usccb.org/servant-god-sister-thea-bowman

• Canton Multicultural Center & Museum – Thea Bowman memory (Legacy) [Public] Other – Canton Multicultural Center, Canton, MS, Canton, Mississippi, United States
  • Year: 1990
  • Diocese: Diocese of Jackson
  • Local museum interpreting Canton figures including Sister Thea. Public orientation stop with Holy Child Jesus parish.
  • Sources: https://www.usccb.org/servant-god-sister-thea-bowman

• Memphis – family burial association (Death & burial) [Limited] Cemetery – Memphis, TN (family burial landscape), Memphis, Tennessee, United States
  • Year: 1990
  • Diocese: Diocese of Memphis
  • Buried beside her parents in Memphis after death from cancer (30 Mar 1990). Limited cemetery pin — confirm exact cemetery with the cause office before handouts.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Bowman

• USCCB / national Black Catholic memory landscape (Legacy) [Public] Other – Washington, DC (national Catholic institutions), Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
  • Year: 1989
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Washington
  • National stage of Thea’s final USCCB address (1989) calling bishops to intercultural solidarity. Public capital context — not a private shrine; Canton is the life hub.
  • Sources: https://www.usccb.org/servant-god-sister-thea-bowman