New Black Catholic leader aims to overcome ‘generation gap’ in community

NEW YORK – With more than two decades of youth ministry experience, Dr. Ansel Augustine considers his new role with the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Subcommittee on African American Affairs one of bridge-building – not just between clergy and laity, but between older and younger generations of Catholics.

“What we see in our communities, Black and otherwise, is the generation gap, and sometimes I feel like the younger generation with all of this motivation and energy and they want to make change...