St. Peter Claver (Priest and Missionary)

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Peter Claver SJ ( Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 - 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú ( Spain) who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of enslaved people, the Republic of Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.

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St. Peter Claver (born 1581, Verdú, Spain—died September 4, 1654, Cartagena, Colombia; canonized 1888; feast day September 9) Jesuit missionary to South America who, in dedicating his life to the aid of enslaved Africans, earned the title of "apostle of the Negroes." Cartagena, Colombia

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St. Peter Claver was born about 1580 in Verdu, Catalonia, Spain. He studied at the University of Barcelona, and entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) when he was only twenty years old. In 1610 Peter left Spain and went to Cartagena (located in modern-day Colombia). Cartagena was a major center of the slave trade, […]

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For the last 30 years, former parishioners of St. Peter Claver have hoped for a miracle. They have prayed, lobbied, and begged for some intervention that will revive their church, officially closed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2014. They have appealed for help from everyone they could think to ask, including writing Pope Francis at the.

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Answered Prayers The magnificent Main Altar is the result of a pledge made by grateful parishioners who made a promise to St. Joseph. Learn more about St. Peter Claver and The Alter of Answered Prayers Miracles that occurred at the Shrine of St. Joseph, located in St. Louis, Missouri.

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St. Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain, in 1580, of impoverished parents descended from ancient and distinguished families. He studied at the Jesuit college of Barcelona, entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona in 1602 and took his final vows on August 8th, 1604.

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Church A miraculous cure in St. Louis is remembered at the Shrine of St. Joseph Paul Sableman | CC BY 2.0 Philip Kosloski - published on 03/20/18 Ignatius Strecker's healing paved the way for.

Society of Jesus Celebrates Feast of St. Peter Claver, SJ

Peter Claver, illustrious by the numerous miracles thou didst work, Pray for the Negroes. St. Peter Claver, charitable and zealous protector of all those who invoke thee, Pray for the Negroes.

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Feast: September 9 Born in Spain, the son of a farmer, Peter Claver entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained in 1615 in Cartagena, South America, where he had made his higher studies.

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St. Peter Claver. The Blessed Peter Claver was born at Verdu in Catalonia in the year 1581, of parents eminent for piety and virtue, who instilled like qualities into his infant heart from the very cradle. In youth his piety and love of study won general admiration, and every preferment was open to him, but zeal for his neighbor's salvation led.

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Descendants of German immigrant Ignatius Strecker gathered for Mass and a reunion to remember the healing of the Strecker, thought mortally ill, during an 1864 service honoring Jesuit priest.

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St. Peter Claver 1581-1654 Spain of the 17th century proceeded with an unscrupulous imperialism, taking to the treacherous seas to pursue conquest in land, gold, silver, jewels, spices, sugar and tobacco. New lands to the west crossing the Atlantic Ocean had been discovered two hundred years previous.

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Slave of the Slaves: the Story of Saint Peter Claver Nov 4, 2004 Br. Michael, M.I.C.M. Across the sea a ship arose on the horizon. It could be a supply boat with some long-awaited news from back home in Spain, or it might be a slave ship, or even an enemy man-of-war.

St. Peter Claver, Jesuit apostle to African slaves, honored Sept. 9

St. Peter Claver P eter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit. In Majorca he fell in with the holy lay-brother Alphonsus Rodriguez, who, having already learned by revelation the saintly career of Peter, became his spiritual guide, foretold to him the labours he would undergo in the Indies, and the throne he would gain in heaven.

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In 1887, the Vatican, after extensive investigation, declared the healing of Ignatius an authentic miracle and it became one of the two miracles required to declare Blessed Peter Claver a saint. The Vatican formally declared the miracle authentic. Cholera. A cholera epidemic broke out in St. Louis in 1866.