Clarion Herald

Rain Couldn't Dampen the Celebration as St. Peter Claver Parish Reaches Its' 105th Year

St. Peter Claver, New Orleans, joyfully celebrated their 105th anniversary at 10 a.m. Mass with plenty of music, liturgical dancers, gospel singers, drum players, local dignitaries and celebrant ...

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church Commemorates 105th Anniversary

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — The New Orleans City Council recognized St. Peter’s Claver’s Catholic Church for its 105 years of ...
National Catholic Register

Since Before the Witness of St. Peter Claver to Today, the Catholic Church Has a Long, and Often Overlooked, History Opposing Slavery

COMMENTARY: No other institution has so consistently opposed slavery for so long as has the Church. And it still does. A sculpture honoring the ministry of St. Peter Claver stands in the square named ...
Catholic News Agency

Knights of Peter Claver celebrate 111th anniversary

The Knights of Peter Claver, the largest historically African-American Catholic lay organization in the U.S., is marking the anniversary of its founding with a Founder's Day Mass to be livestreamed to ...
National Catholic Register

St. Peter Claver, Slave of Slaves, Pray For Us!

St. Peter Claver (1580-1654) was a Spanish Jesuit who spent more than 40 years of his life ministering to African slaves trafficked through the Colombian port of Cartagena. He entered the Society of ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church celebrates 25 years in the community

The church and building sat vacant for several years when it was placed on the market until 1997, when the Missionary Franciscans of the Eucharist took interest. St. Peter Claver Catholic Church ...
Frederick News-Post

Scholarship fund highlights the important work of Saint Peter Claver

Part of the Community Foundation’s mission is to “connect people who care with causes that matter.” In 2013, two anonymous donors created The Saint Peter Claver Scholarship Fund to honor this saint ...
National Catholic Reporter

Be disciples mindful of Jesus' humanity, cardinal tells Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary

In order to consider the parables of Jesus Christ with empathy, keep in mind the fullness of Jesus' humanity and ability to tell stories with a sense of humor, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington ...
Yahoo

Letters to the Editor: Knights of Peter Claver give readers hope for positive change in uncertain times

Officers of the Knights of Peter Claver Council #406: Gregory Herr, left, Gee Padilla, Prince Powe and Ron Haynes. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: This column (“In Orange County, ...
Catholic News Agency

Church to celebrate feast day of St. Peter Claver on Sept. 9

St. Peter Claver, a Jesuit missionary in Colombia worked tirelessly to evangelize and care for Africans who were being sold as slaves. Though he could not put an end to slavery, he baptized and ...
WKYT

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church holds groundbreaking for new parish

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - On Sunday morning, a historic church in Lexington began construction for a new parish. St. Peter Claver Catholic Church held a groundbreaking ceremony with Governor Andy ...