CHARLOTTE — The Ladies Auxiliary Court 411 of the Knights of Peter Claver celebrated their one-year anniversary by participating in a Domestic Violence Awareness Empowerment Walk Oct. 12 and providing breakfast “on the go” in between Masses at Our Lady of Consolation Church.
The organization was founded in 1909 by four Josephite priests and three laymen from the Diocese of Mobile, Alabama, who wanted to form a Catholic fraternal order to serve the African American community. The order expanded to include the Ladies Auxiliary in 1926 and is now based in New Orleans. The chapter based out of Our Lady of Consolation, an historically African American parish, is the first in the Diocese of Charlotte.
The walk was a collaborative effort with Inspired With Shanté and Mecklenburg County Community Support Services and benefited Beauty for Ashes Ministry Inc. The Charlotte-based national ministry provides advocacy, education and support to victims of domestic violence as well as educational resources for organizations and businesses.
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HIGH POINT — The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul recently celebrated their silver jubilee of serving in High Point.
A Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated at St. Vincent’s Convent Oct. 14, offered by Father James Stuhrenberg, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Clemmons. A fellowship meal followed at the convent.
Fueled by prayer and the sacraments, the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul have poured themselves out for families in need in the Triad since being assigned to the Diocese of Charlotte in 2000, when they moved from their native India.
The sisters serve at Christ the King Mission in High Point, where among their many duties they take Communion to those in the hospital or homebound.
They also teach religious education at three parishes and run a community outreach ministry called De Paul Academy, which prepares immigrant children to start school at the right age.
— Catholic News Herald. Photo provided by Imago Dei Studio.