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 ...

The Knights of Peter Claver is a family-based Catholic organization born from the Black Catholic patrimony and open to all Catholic men and women. The Knights of Peter Claver, the United States’ only ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A stained glass image of St. Peter Claver in St. Aloysius church, Glasgow. (Credit: Lawrence OP via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).) Listen During his trip to Colombia, Pope Francis will visit Sept. 10 the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The historic St. Peter Claver Catholic School is at risk of closing and a social media influencer is stepping in to help. St. Peter Claver Catholic School is the oldest surviving ...

On Sunday morning, for the third weekend in a row, the congregation of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Treme packed neat rows of spotless green plastic chairs instead of their usual wooden pews.

The Knights of Peter Claver marked the 100th Anniversary of their founding on Nov. 7. The Catholic fraternal group, the largest historically African-American Catholic lay organization in the U.S., ...