So severe were the lashings that the neighbors shuddered when they heard the sound of them in the still of the night air. There were two blacks, nearer death than life, already cold, whose pulse could scarcely be detected. There was nothing artificial about Peter Claver. Few saints carried out their active work in more repulsive conditions than did Claver, but these privations were not enough; in accordance with the popular pious practices of Catholics of that time Claver was known to continuously use penitential instruments of a severe description and would pray alone in his room with a crown of thorns pressed to his head and a heavy cross weighing down his shoulders. So great was Clavers love for Tunga that he was prompted upon his deathbed to confer upon that monasterys novices his greatest treasure- the spiritual writings of good Brother Alonso- which he has guarded jealously though his arduous life. Furthermore, he did not lose sight of his converts when they left the ships, but followed them to the plantations to which they were sent, encouraged them to live as Christians, and prevailed on their masters to treat them humanely. Surely this man deserved some consideration, some appreciation for all he had done in Gods service. Claver showed them that they were loved even more than they were abused, and that divine love must not be outraged by evil ways, by cruelty and lust. Apostolate The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary were founded in 1949 by Father Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M. St. Peter Claver was canonized in 1888 by Pope Leo . It contains many works of art. An epidemic had spread again, and the saint began to feel its bite in his own flesh as he returned from a mission to his slaves in one of the outlying villages. The Catholic Church enjoyed an uneasy peace throughout Europe in the 1600s. And in fact, convinced as they were that they had been brought here to be eaten, any other language would have proved utterly useless. We asked them to make an act of contrition and to manifest their detestation of their sins. So ugly was the business that eventually Englands conscience was so bothered by it that Great Britain abolished the slave trade in 1815 while America continued it for another fifty years, till Emancipation of the slaves by its 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Meanwhile young Clavers desire was growing more and more forceful within him to go to the Indies where God was calling him. Every major feastday he would get together the great city band of Cartagena, and off they would go to perform for the lepers. This was his city. Saint Peter Claver Church was established in 1931 to serve the African American community of greater Montclair, New Jersey. He never complains in any circumstances, for he is only an ass. They provided no religious instruction or ministration for their slaves, no alleviation of their physical condition, so that the sacrament of baptism became to the slaves, unfortunately, a sign and symbol of their oppression and wretchedness instead of their salvation. It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. Clavers reputation for enduring the unendurable prompted many a curious admire to accompany him on his visitations to see for themselves if what they had heard of him was true. And the eighty-year-old saint of Palma instantly recognized the sanctity he saw in the twenty-five year old Peter Claver. Funk, Motown, Pop, Pop Soul, Quiet Storm, Soul, Southern Soul, R&B, Brill Building Pop, Rhythm And Blues, and Classic Soul. Famous actor and producer, Mark Wahlberg, age 51, went on NBC's the Today Show to discuss Lent. At night in death row, instead of cries of despair, was often heard the crack of a penitential scourge which the saint had left behind saying, Suffer now, my brother, and make the best of the brief time remaining you.. There he graduated with distinction and after receiving the minor orders of the Church, determined to offer himself to the Society of Jesus (SJ) or popularly known as, the Jesuit Order. During his life he baptized and instructed in the Faith more than 300,000 negroes. The St. Peter Claver Place Apartments project will receive a $4 million rebate of the taxes generated by the project in yearly installments at a rate of 95% until the $4 million rebate is satisfied. It was now 1654. Carry me safely to my destined place, like you carried Christ in your close embrace. He obtained his first degrees at the University of Barcelona. He gulped his final breath of air lying in the arms of his confessor. The fatigue of this Lenten routine was aggravated unmercifully by the excruciating heat, the bite of mosquitoes, and the stinging itch of a full ankle length hairshirt that the holy confessor wore beneath his cassock next to his body. This steady concourse lasted until nightfall when the Fathers insisted on sending the people away and closing the doors. There were times when the streets of Cartagena and other more viable settlements would flow with blood from such cruel assaults. Before parting from his beloved teacher, Claver was given a unique privilege, a privilege not granted to any other student, of keeping the spiritual notes that Brother Alphonsus had personally written for him. The saint spent every day in the confessional from sunrise until twelve noon. In the early centuries of Christianity, slavery gradually began to be phased out. In fact, the saint used to spend hours just on the Sign of the Cross alone. Despite Father Clavers agonizing condition, the brutal attendant, when he had to dress him for a visit to the chapel, would shove him around with no sense of delicacy, yanking the aching victim here and there in frustration, as he clumsily clothed him. Shortly after midnight, on the feast of Our Ladys Nativity September 8th, his face, which had the aspect of one ravished in God, suddenly took on the features of a man utterly exhausted. Sometimes he would have to yield to nature and collapse. St Peter Claver Prison Ministry is a faith-based mentorship program empowering the incarcerated, ex-offenders and their families obtain self-sufficiency and reduce recidivism. The Africans and Indians arranged for a Mass of their own to which the Spanish authorities were invited; the church was ablaze with lights, a special choir sang and an oration was delivered by the treasurer of the church of Popayan, where the diaries say of the speaker no other preacher was more diffuse on the virtues, holiness, heroism and stupendous miracles of Father Claver.. He was a shining light in a dark time. To protect themselves, the citys inhabitants, with the added muscle of the slaves, built huge sixty-foot-thick walls to repel such attacks. The fathers immediately took him to a more suitable room than his own cell to recuperate. Otherwise, Claver remained in his room in his last several years, to be not only inactive but even forgotten and somewhat neglected; the numbers of fellow Jesuits in the house were much reduced and those who remained were fully occupied in coping with the confusion and duties imposed by the spreading epidemic, but even so their indifference to the saintly priest was surprising. They also had souls to be saved, no less than the slaves. Hearing of their capture, Father Claver requested and received permission to visit the fleet and offer holy Mass for the Spanish soldiers. Play Ep. One thing the Negroes had a craving for was dancing. It was reckoned that there would be a loss in each cargo by death during the six or seven weeks voyage of a least a third. Our Present . Having finished his first Novitiate, Claver was sent to study philosophy on the College of Montesion (Mount Sion) in the city of Palma on the island of Majorca. (Fakhri B. Maluf, Ph.D.), RIP Prior: Brother Andr Marie, M.I.C.M. St. Peter Claver. The medal had the Holy Name of Jesus on one side and of Mary on the other. To the cynical mind the trust of this extraordinary priest in the goodness of human nature must have seem nave and no doubt could he have known he would have been far more often disappointed than not. In this case, the dignitary was the governor himself, Don Jeronimo Zueso Cassola, the same man who raced to tell Father Claver the good news. The slaves were disembarked, and found to be routinely chained and roped together and shut up in the yards where crowds came to watch them, idle gazers wrote Father de Sandoval, drawn by curiosity and careful not to come too close. Hundreds of men, women and children who had been for several weeks shut up without even the care given to cattle in the ships hold, were now fatigued, ill or dying, herded together in a confined space in a climate that was unwholesome from dampness and heat. Church of Saint Peter Claver is located in West Hartford Connecticut No sin, he assured them, was too great for Jesus to forgive in confession. The clergy were practically powerless before the powers-that-be as well as by their timidity and inaction. Blacks were forced here, captured, bartered, and purchased from territories of the west coast of Africa what is today the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and other places deeper in the continent stretching as far as the Congo. . There was another sail that was a dreaded sight for a Cartagenian, a sail that used to make Father Sandoval, Clavers instructor in the science of charity, tremble and break out in a cold sweat- the sail of the slave ship! When this fact was safely determined, the Christians were separated from the pagans, and they received a Rosary and a medal to be put around their necks. Community Redevelopment Agencies have proven historically to provide distressed communities with a better economy through improved infrastructure . His labors in the confessional for the holy season would increase threefold. African Americans have always been intrigued by individuals of white skin, missionaries, clergyman and religious who appeared to rise above the routine racial biases of men and served us unabashedly, unashamedly and with sacrificial charity in the name of Christ, some of whom died martyrs death while moving among us. Or, again, with women who were in a habit of dressing immodestly, excusing themselves on account of the excessive heat, he would hand them pictures of a woman similarly garbed amid the torments of the fire and demons in hell. Furthermore, their own chiefs, who showed absolutely no concern for a common hue when material gain was offered to them, often betrayed the Negroes. Peter obeyed, and in 1610 landed at Cartagena, where for forty-four years he was the Apostle of the negro slaves. A handsome supply of which was hung upon the back if his confessional; for others that the saint felt had enough of a penance to bear (the crippled, the lame, the aged, the destitute), he had more pleasant gifts: Rosary beads, or fruits, sweets, and similar delicacies. The soil of Clavers soul was fertile and moist. But his main purpose of helping out at the hospital, which he did once a week, was to win sinners back to God. He and his wife Rhea (married in 2009) have four children: Ella, 19, Michael, 16, Brendan, 14, and Grace, 13. His religious profession was written with his own hand and signed thus, Peter Claver, slave of the slaves, forever. That forever meant thirty more years of a grueling monotony, the accomplishments of which would have sufficed to fulfill the lives of ten apostles. 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. Immediately he set out to help them, taking with him a free Negress named Magdalena, who used to collect alms in the city for the saint to distribute. For the rest of his life pain hardly left him and a trembling in his limbs whats medically titled today, a Parkinsons disease - made it impossible for him to celebrate Mass. PETER CLAVER, PRIEST. The avaricious smiled, the humane shuddered and walked away, and the curious were glad to have new opportunity to do what they do. The saint entered, but he was at once so overwhelmed with the loathsome stench and the repellent sight that he recoiled and took a step back. But he found time to care for other sufferers besides slaves. Claver came from an ethic of religious consecration where missionaries dared death, hardship, sickness and every conceivable challenge to bring the gospel to foreign lands. Claver couldnt remove the cross but he could make it sweet. He also shared a video on his Instagram, which is below the Today Show interview: WATCH the Inspiring Today Show Interview below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg), Auxiliary Bishop David OConnell of Los Angeles, California, was killed on February 18th. The crude picture graphically portrayed the Crucified Christ with His Precious Blood pouring from His Wounds into a basin. Each one had to be taken apart and drilled, time and again, even in so simple a matter as making the sign of the cross or in learning the prayer of love and repentance that each had to know: Claver taught them to pray these words: Jesus Christ, Son of God, thou shalt be my Father and my Mother and all my good. While he was studying philosophy at Majorca in 1605, Alphonsus Rodriguez, the saintly door-keeper of the college, learned from God the future mission of his young associate, and thenceforth never ceased exhorting him to set out to evangelize the Spanish possessions in America. And for the longest time no one but God and the saints of heaven knew what the holy man was going through. For two months, the slaves endured a fate worse than that of animals- hanging onto a life that seemed not worth the effort to preserve it- half dead, half insane, and reeking in the filth of their dysentery, vomit, and running ulcerous wounds. Then there were the black agents who, under the pay of whites, scoured the coasts with products to sell, often unsheathing concealed weapons in order to take the unsuspecting victims into captivity by force. To cover the feverish and naked, to wash wounds, to shroud women penitents and to place upon it the abandoned sick, until he could procure them a mat for a bed. The college was run by the Society of Jesus- a new order founded by Ignatius of Loyola, who had honored Catalonia as the land of his conversion and labors. The son of a Catalonian farmer, was born at Verdu, in 1581; he died on the 8th of September, 1654. The saints searches for the sick and the abandoned took him frequently to the beaches, where occasionally, some poor aged or hopelessly maimed Negro would be dumped off by a heartless master to die. St. Peter obtained his first degrees at the University of Barcelona. Let us see, then, from whom he wants to divide him, and how he tempts him. In the autumn Claver would go among the traders and seamen, who landed at Cartagena in great numbers off supply ships and well as slave ships. When he viewed their deplorable condition and saw the fear in their faces, he broke down and cried. Then Jesus himself will say that he came into the world to make us, too, partake in the unity between him and the Father (cf. In Christianity, foremost of the apostles.His name was Simon but according to the gospels Jesus called him from his work as fisherman and gave him the name 'Cephas', the Aramaic equivalent of Greek 'Peter' (petra, 'rock').According to early tradition Peter visited Rome where he was martyred (1 Clement 5, etc. Falling down before him, the veteran apostle kissed his feet. Claver had a team of seven interpreters, one of whom spoke four African dialects, and with their help he taught the slaves and prepared them for baptism, not only in groups but individually; for the language difficulty was too great for him to make himself understood otherwise. The son of a Catalonian farmer, was born at Verdu, in 1581; he died 8 September, 1654. But the conclusion cannot be avoided that only the worst of the Spanish masters can be compared with, say, the English slave-owners of Jamaica in the 17th to 18th centuries, whose physical cruelty was no less than fiendish and diabolical by report. The Sisters of St Peter Claver were founded by Blessed Theresa Ledchowska. Upon careful interrogation, even though the whole household had assumed otherwise, the wise priest perceived that she had never been baptized. This last mentioned convict was executed by strangulation. St. Peter Claver was canonized in 1888. In every possible was he tried to help them, whether by procuring them good lawyers, or even by speaking to judges, in order to win them lighter sentences. These kinds of individuals stood out from among the rest. He lived from 1581 to 1654. The final emergence was on behalf of the lepers at Saint Lazarus. RIVERVIEW QLD 4303 College Reception Hours. Meanwhile some of his close friends would prepare a splendid repast of the best foods and delicacies, and while the orchestra performed, the jubilant lepers devoured a sumptuous banquet. During the time that the blacks spent in the sheds, they were penned so closely that they had to sleep almost upon one another and, thereby, freely handed on their diseases nonetheless, Claver was seen caring for the bodies of the sick and the souls of all. Cartagena was hit with five major epidemics during Clavers apostleship (1615-1654). City magistrates ordered that he should be buried at public expense and with great pomp. After his ordination in 1616, he dedicated himself by special vow to the service of the Negro slaves-a work that was to last for thirty-three years. Lima in Peru had five- Saint Rose, Saint Francis Solano, Saint Martin de Porres, Saint Turibius, and Saint John Massias. He labored unceasingly for the salvation of the African slaves and the abolition of the Negro slave trade, and the love he lavished on them was something that transcended the natural order. St. Peter Claver. Names like Francis Xavier, Francis Borgia, Robert Bellarmine, Alphonsus Rodriguez, Peter Canisius, Aloysius Gonzaga, John Francis Regis, and Andrew Bobola gave testimony to the good foundation laid by a wise father who was shortly to be canonized. These blacks had come from a depraved, idolatrous, and cruel civilization. In fact, with them it was a real point of honor not to give in to Clavers exhortations. Six abandoned pagans from Biafara were lying in a shed, suffering from violent dysentery. St Peter Claver worked for decades to help enslaved people. Enter your email address to receive notifications by email every time we post something to the site. This was his main thesis: the flesh could not rebel if the flesh knew only pain. Once for the Negroes, when having heard of the arrival of a slave ship laden with blacks from a notoriously barbaric area, he had himself carried in a litter to the dock to greet them. The family Rosary was an essential part of the typical sixteenth century pious Catalonian rearing in which Ana and Pedro Claver, our saints parents schooled their four children. The Church has always had a difficult time influencing the worlds of business and commerce. His troops- eighteen Negro interpreters, a Jesuit brother, a pious woman or two, and usually some prominent Cartagenian official. The first Mass at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church took place in October 1920. Saint Christopher's Protection Prayer Dear Saint Christopher, protect me today in all my travels along the road's way. In the history of God's Saints we read of heroic souls giving themselves as slaves in exchange for Christian captives. As for his meals, even these meager refreshments were half devoured by the ungrateful wretch before the saint ever received them. No he didnt ignore the needs of whites; he just didnt give them priority. Holding up the crucifix on a staff for all to see, he let them behold what their sins had done to their Creator. And to save many souls.. Built between 1580 and 1654, the structure features an imposing stone facade, yet the interior glows with the rich colors filtered through its stained glass windows. It was during these scourges that the holy mans heroic charity was such a spectacle for even the angels to behold. The hospital, run by the religious of St John of God, was almost always overcrowded, due to the scourge of frequent epidemics and continual warfare. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs One by one, having covered them with his own cloak, carried them from the boat to wheeled carts parked on the dock for the purpose of transporting the invalids to some miserable shanties. Many miracles were attributed to his intercession. O, holy brother of my soul, what a field lies here opened to your zeal! He found employment in a local soap factory. But what made this Jesuit in Cartagena a saint was not only his detachment from the world and attachment to Christ, but along with that, an astounding ability to reduce potency to act. Claver knew that the blacks were never going to see in their lifetime much, if any, material happiness on earth, certainly not the pie-in-the-sky utopias of Karl Marx and his disciple, Martin Luther King, Jr. Father Claver applied himself for seven long years to the slave apostolate before he took his final vows in the Society. Only some fifty years before, another Jesuit, Francis Xavier, had set out on a similar mission to the East. A Sister of St. Peter Claver. The beauty that attracted this apostle was one far superior to that of pretty faces and balanced proportions; it was his God and Savior, Jesus Christ, whom he saw in the most abandoned and the most loathsome. They knew he meant what he said and what he said was true. Claver took to the country missions in the spring. But heaven could not resist the sighs of the saint as he stormed the throne of grace to melt their hearts. We have before us a most extraordinary saint- unquestionably the most extraordinary saint who ever walked this earth. | Prioress: Sister Marie Thrse, M.I.C.M. Source: "Saint a Day" "St. Peter Claver (1581 A. D. - 1654 A. D.): by temperament, Father Peter Claver was shy. He came spoke to him with such an authority and efficacy that the obstinate Turk yielded and begged for baptism. One of them appeared even more splendid than the rest. Traveling in these areas Father Claver habitually refused as much as possible the hospitality of the planters and owners and instead lodged in the quarters of the slaves checking on conditions and speaking to their owners and masters, advocating for the slaves. The Mohammedans, however, cost the saint much more effort to win to the true religion. Robert J. Miller in his 2007 Book, Both Prayed to the Same God, researched that: The Africans came from a vast region of Western Africa stretching inland for two to three hundred miles. Bot the saint knew it not. In truth, it was a blessed form of servitude for those eighteen Negroes. She also happened to be from Biafara and Claver needed her as a translator. Heartfelt Condolences to Fatima Sister Fr. He was no egotistic eccentric who delighted in doing daring things for the sake of being unique! Peter Claver, SJ (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corber; Catalan: Pere Claver i Corber; 26 June 1580 - 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verd (Catalonia, Spain) who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, the Republic of Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.. During the 40 years of his ministry in the New Kingdom of Granada, it . He cured the sick almost routinely and there were times when he even raised the dead. Yesterday, May 30, 1627, on the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, numerous blacks, brought from the rivers of Africa, disembarked from a large ship. Miracles (2) Montessori education (2) New Year (2) O . The slightest incentive from the slave hunters, whether it be tinkling bells or sparkling gems, would move tribal chief to wage petty wars for the sole purpose of selling their prisoners for such unworthy profit. During his life he baptized and instructed in the Faith more than 300,000 negroes. Address: Luikerweg 71. But for every chore he performed, whether it was sweeping the floors, changing linens, washing clothes or dishes, or cooking, the visiting Jesuit, in his humility, always first asked permission of the Superior. When he slept, or tried to sleep, he removed only the neck rope and the crown of thorns. It was there, at Seville, while waiting to leave for New Granada, that the soon-to-be apostle of the Negroes first laid his compassionate eyes upon the suffering slaves. Our Saints upbringing carries nothing too spectacular about it. The Gospel thus presents us the three divine Persons joined in love. We are all sinners. They came from villages where agriculture, farming and nature were at the center of life, where spirits dwelt in each thing around them, and where isolation was unthinkable since the self was always in relationship to others. Finally, after a third petition, approval was granted. Outside the harbor in the Bay of Cartagena, the Spaniards were at one time holding on ships some six hundred English and Dutch Privateers whom they had captured on one of their Granadan island colonies which suffered a temporary takeover at the pirates hands. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws, Copyright 2022 Catholic Online. A more suitable room than his own hand and signed thus, Peter Claver Church. 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