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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