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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 ...
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.
The Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver are a Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to serving the spiritual and social needs of the poor around the world, particularly in Africa. [1] They were founded in Austria by Mary Theresa Ledóchowska [2] and received their first official apporbation in 1893. [3]
Mary Theresa was the eldest of seven children. Members of the Polish nobility, she and her siblings – including Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, and St. Ursula Ledóchowska – were born in Loosdorf, the Lower Austrian estate that belonged to their parents, Count Antoni Halka-Ledóchowski and Countess Josephine Salis-Zizers.
Saint Peter Claver (in Spanish: Pedro Claver) was a Jesuit who, due to his remarkable life and work, become the patron saint of slaves, of Colombia and of African Americans. Although his detractors often accused Claver of lacking intelligence, boldness and self-confidence , he became a compassionate leader who lived out the commitment he added ...
St. Fidelis Church of Sejiram, Kapuas Hulu (1890) [113] St. Joseph Cathedral, Pontianak (established 1909, rebuilt in 1950, original building were completely revamped as of 2012) [114] St. Francis Asisi Church, Singkawang (Early 20th century) GSRI Church, Singkawang [115] Various congregations and evangelism posts of West Kalimantan Christian ...
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The St. Peter Claver Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint Pierre Claver de Bangassou) or just Bangassou Cathedral, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church [2] and is located in the town of Bangassou [3] part of Mbomou prefecture, south of the Central African Republic. [4]