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 ...

Saint Peter Claver is remembered for baptizing more than 300,000 people, many of them slaves. As an ordained priest, Peter Claver primarily provided spiritual guidance to the numerous slaves who ...

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

The St. Peter Claver Church complex has seen its fair share racial injustices and now the state and beyond will be better aware of those after a memorial marker was placed at the site of the ...

Former students, teachers and principals of St. Peter Claver Catholic School in St. Paul are gathering this weekend for an all-school reunion to commemorate its 75th anniversary. “People are ...

Enrollment season has arrived at St. Peter Claver Catholic School in St. Paul, where this year more than ever, the invitation is to be a part of history. St. Peter Claver is celebrating its 75th year.

Congregants from St. Peter Claver, St. Pius V, St. Gregory the Great, St. Edward and St. Bernardine, historic churches in West Baltimore, came up with such words as “community,” “connection ...

Father Norman Fischer, a Catholic priest who ministered to hundreds of Lexingtonians from St. Peter Claver Church and as chaplain at Lexington Catholic High School, died on July 14 while traveling ...

folks who are here that are not necessarily associated with the school but maybe associated with St. Peter Claver. We'll have them frequenting the space." The new St. Peter Claver Chapel stands in ...

Saint Peter Claver Church, long considered the mother church for Black Catholics in Philadelphia, has not been a parish church since 1985 and has not been an active worship site since 2014.

St. Peter Claver Catholic School, which Wilson attended from 1935 until 1947, was built in 1894, long before the nearby interstates plowed through a bustling center of Black life in Tampa.