Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary

Diocese Celebrates ‘Our Icon of Racial Justice’ St. Peter Claver

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Meredith Chandler’s roots at St. Peter Claver Church run deep. Not only was she baptized there, but her grandmother, Mary Chandler, was an original parishioner when the church was founded in 1921. So Meredith wasn’t going to miss a minute of the celebration of the church’s 100th anniversary. [Related: St. Peter Claver …

History of Claverism

AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT FOR COLORED CATHOLICS Article taken from The Colored Harvest Vol. VI, No. 2 – March 1910 On Sunday, November 7, 1909, in the city of Mobile, Ala., took place the “Initiation” of the first band of forty colored men, the nucleus of a fraternal society, which will be known as “The Knights …