Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary #94

06/27/2026

So very proud of KOPC Court 94 Lady Laurie Brown Croyts Alford for riding 20 miles in today’s Ride for Roswell to fight cancer. Way to represent!!

06/24/2026

06/19/2026

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The mainstream narrative of Juneteenth is built on a benevolent myth: that General Gordon Granger stood on a balcony in Galveston, read General Order No. 3, and Texas enslavers immediately followed the law, peacefully freeing 250,000 enslaved people. This completely erases the high stakes and the military reality.

Texas was the last stronghold of the illegal slave empire. Enslavers had been hiding tens of thousands of Black people from the Emancipation Proclamation for two years, believing they were untouched by the war.

Freedom did not arrive as a friendly announcement. It was enforced through a ruthless military occupation. When Granger landed, a massive percentage of his occupying force was made up of thousands of heavily armed men from the United States Colored Troops (USCT). Texas enslavers did not surrender because they heard a speech. They surrendered because thousands of Black Union soldiers seized control of the city, aimed heavy weapons at their homes, and forcing the system to collapse on June 19th 1865.

06/19/2026

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06/03/2026

The members of the KOPC Pierre Toussaint Assembly #54 joined local Sir Knights representing the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of St John to participate in a Mass of Thanksgiving at the OLV National Shrine and Basilica, celebrating its 100th anniversary of its consecration. Congratulations!

05/31/2026

CONGRATULATIONS to Sister Roberta Fulton, who was declared the winner of the Knights of Peter Claver Junior Knights Branch 94’s “Great American Peppermint Contest”! It was revealed that the peppermint bin contained 1 400 peppermints. Sister Roberta guessed 1,278, making her’s the closest guess. Sister Roberta won the 1,400 peppermints and dinner for two to a restaurant of her choice. The Junior Knights were able to raise $515 from the contest. We thank all of you who supported them and the contest!

05/24/2026

Grand Knight Andre Allen (left), Knight Terrance Simmons (middle), and Deputy Grand Knight Felton Davis, joined with members of the American Legion Jesse Clipper Post #340, to place flags at the graves of local veterans interned at St. Matthew’s Cemetery in West Seneca, NY. Thank you all for your selfless sacrifices.