In April 1763, Martin de Porres was given the title Venerable. He was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized on ...

Black Catholics met at a conference in Philadelphia Nov. 1 to pray and learn about St. Martin through a Dominican brother ...

On Nov. 3 the Roman Catholic Church celebrates St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother whose life of charity and devotion led to his canonization as the first black saint of the Americas.

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Fifty years after St. Martin de Porres was canonized, two Peruvian priests from the Convent of St. Dominic in Lima where the 16th century saint lived, praised his many contributions to the Church.

Image courtesy of Isabel Fay. By Griffin Cappiello “People of every nation and tribe / From generation to generation!” Joyful ...

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Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 to Don Juan de Porres, a Spanish nobleman, and Ana Velasquez, a freed daughter of slaves from Panama. At a very young age, his father abandoned ...

NEW HAVEN -- St. Martin de Porres Academy has named Allison Rivera as the new president of the academy, succeeding founder and now former President Jay Bowes. Rivera has been with St. Martin de Porres ...

NEW HAVEN >> An independent Catholic middle school that has been renting the former Sacred Heart St. Peter School on Columbus Avenue has now purchased the building outright. The price St. Martin de ...

Choosing ceremony and reception venues is about so much more than the size of the space and its availability. For many, it’s also about the spot’s history or its personal meaning to the couple. Such ...