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Congress V
October 8-11, 1894
The Fifth Black Catholic Congress was held in Baltimore,
Maryland. The President of this Congress was Dr. William Lofton who
addressed the Congress. He stated, "We hope to hail the day . . . when
the American people, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the
laity shall rise up in their might and stamp out the prejudice which
is today destroying the life's blood of the country." (There
was little documentation provided on this Congress).
After the Fifth Congress
in Baltimore, these forums came to an abrupt end. There was not
another meeting of Black Catholics until the founding of the Knights
of Peter Claver in 1909. In 1925, the Federated Colored Catholics held
a National Convention. It is believed that this group met annually
until 1949. The National Office of Black Catholics, founded in 1960
had sponsored National Conferences in 1980, Chicago, Illinois; 1982,
Houston, Texas and in 1984 New Orleans, Louisiana. |
