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The Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary is an international Catholic fraternal service order.Founded in 1909 by the Josephites and parishioners from Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama, it is the largest and oldest Black Catholic lay-led organization still in existence.
Guillory also served as a member of the executive committee of the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators, the Louisiana One Church/One Family adoption program, national chaplain to the Knights of Peter Claver, a member of the archdiocesan presbyteral council, and a board member of the Spirituality Center. [1]
Many organizations, missions, parishes, religious congregations, schools and hospitals bear the name of St. Peter Claver and also claim to continue the Mission of Claver as the following: The Knights of Peter Claver, Inc., is the largest African-American Catholic fraternal organization in the United States. In 2006, a unit was established in ...
Pages in category "Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Knights of Columbus; Knights of Peter Claver - Founded in 1909 by members of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama, as a Black Catholic fraternal order, as Blacks were barred from the Knights of Columbus due to their race. Among the founders were The Rev. John H. Dorsey (the second Black Catholic priest ordained in the US ...
The Peter Claver Building, ... It served as national headquarters of the Knights of Peter Claver organization during 1951 ... Texas, was born at the French Hospital ...
The Knights of Peter Claver, the largest and oldest Black Catholic organization in the United States, was founded by congregants and priests from the parish in 1909. [2] [3] Its clergy and congregation later took an active role in the Civil Rights Movement. [4] [5]
Catholic Family Fraternal of the State of Texas (KJZT) Catholic Holy Family Society; Degree of Honor Protective Association; Grand Court Order of Calanthe; Grand Orange Lodge of British America Benefit Fund; Knights of Peter Claver, Inc. Order of the Sons of Hermann in the State of Texas; Order of United Commercial Travelers of America