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., ...

The Rev. Erich Rutten conducted his 10 a.m. service on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018, at Saint Peter Claver Catholic Church in St. Paul. Rutten’s Easter message, on April Fool’s Day, declared that the ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Wednesday that St. Peter Claver School will close at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. The N. Prieur Street school, which has 147 ...

NEWORLEANS- The St. Peter Claver Catholic Church is preparing to say a final goodbye to longtime pastor and friend Father Michael Jacques, who died of an apparent heart attack last night according to ...

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, 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 ...