CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2020 / 04:08 am
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 internet on Saturday.
"Join us as we celebrate 111 years of spreading faith, hope and love through friendship, unity and Christian charity," the Knights of Peter Claver said.
The Mass was set to be livecast Saturday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. Central Time at the Facebook page of the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary and at the Knights of Peter Claver website. Auxiliary Bishop Fernand Cheri of New Orleans will be the celebrant.
The Knights of Peter Claver were founded Nov. 7, 1909 in Mobile, Alabama by four priests of the Josephite Fathers and three laymen as a fraternal organization of black Catholics, dedicated to the principles of Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity. One of its founders, the Baltimore-born Father John H. Dorsey, SSJ, was the second African-American Catholic priest to be educated and ordained in the U.S., the Knights of Peter Claver said.