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Our Lady of Consolation Church is a Catholic Christian community celebrating the rich heritage of both Roman Catholicism and African-American traditions. We seek to become a beacon of hope and strength in our community, through outreach and sharing of our time, talents and treasures. 

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OLC welcomes Rev. Basile Sede as our new Pastor.  Fr. Sede joined the OLC family last July.  Originally from Fiango – Kumba, Cameroon, Fr. Sede attended St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Bambui, Cameroon, where he studied Philosophy and Theology and was eventually ordained a Catholic Priest for the Diocese of Buea, Cameroon on the 16th of April 1998.  From 2008 to 2010, he studied Comparative Philosophy and Philosophy of History at the Université Catholique D'Afrique Central, (Catholic University of Central Africa), Yaoundé, Cameroon.   In 2011, Fr. Sede was admitted into the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome where he received a second Masters’ degree in Philosophy before commencing his PhD Studies which he competed in February 2016.  Fr. Basile Sede has served in the Diocese of Charlotte for the last five years most recently at St. Benedict the Moor Parish and Good Shepherd Mission, King as Pastor from 2015 to 2018.  Welcome Fr. Sede.

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