CUTH continues to celebrate National Black Catholic History Month with a look at The Knights of Peter Claver and the Ladies Auxiliary, who have worked to promote the Catholic faith within their communities since 1909.
Links:
Main website of the Knights of Peter Claver
Ebony article on the 50th Anniversary of the Knights of Peter Claver
Short video about the Knights of Peter Claver
For more information on National Black Catholic History Month see CUTH Episode #273
Sources:
Abston, Emanuel. Catholicism and African Americans: A Study of Claverism, 1909-1959. PhD diss. Florida State University, 1998.
Davis, Cyprian ed. Stamped With The Image of God: African Americans As God’s Image in Black. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2004.
Davis, Cyprian. The History of Black Catholics in the United States. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 1995.
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