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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.
Membership is open to men and women men and women between 16 and 55 years old. Those unable to pass a physical examination were denied benefit membership but could become social members. Followers of the "customary list of hazardous occupations" were not eligible for membership. There were 3,000 members in the late 1890s. [238]
Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America - The first court of this women's Shrine related organization was founded in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1903. After two other courts were formed, a national organization was formed on June 24, 1914. [19] However, the LOSNA did not become legally incorporated until 1954.
Catholic Womens Fraternal of Texas - Founded on September 16, 1894, by Czech Catholic women in the Yoakum and Hallettsville area of Texas. [139] Incorporated in 1927. Headquartered in Austin. Had 24,000 in 1972 and 25,000 in 1977. [140] Membership is now open to people of both genders, irrespective of religion or ethnic background.
The primary residence of the Friars is in Irondale, Alabama, and is next door to EWTN. They also have a residence in Hanceville, AL, near the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The Friars' apostolate is to communicate the Catholic faith by word and example. It involves using the media: television, radio and the Internet, as well as ...
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men while a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of collegiate North American fraternities is not exhaustive. It consists only of social collegiate ...
Concordant rites exist with the blessing and often the active support of regular masonic lodges. There are several concordant bodies in the United States which admit the wives and female relatives of Freemasons. The Dutch Order of Weavers admits only women, while in the American orders the men and women share in the ritual. Like the lodges of ...
Robert J. Fox, Founder of the FFA, died on 26 November 2009 at his home in Hanceville, AL, USA. A lay person author and writer and convert to the Catholic Church, John C. Preiss, became President of the Fatima Family Apostolate and Editor of the quarterly magazine the Immaculate Heart Messenger. The FFA is located in Hanceville, Alabama.