Shannon Horstmann is a member of St. Alphonsus Liguori "Rock" Church in north St. Louis. For the past several years, Horstmann has submitted requests for a grant through the National Trust for ...

The parish’s membership declined after Nutt’s departure. In addition, a 2007 fire in the church’s roof — which did not damage ...

Our faith cannot be hindered.” During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s, African American churches provided their members emotional, moral, physical and spiritual support.

Anna Mae Robertson served in the only all-female African-American unit deployed overseas during the war, and her service was celebrated on Sunday, Feb. 23.