Posted September 13, 2011

Bishop Herbert Bevard, who was named bishop of St. Thomas in the American Virgin Islands in 2008, after many years of ministry to the African-American community in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, returned to celebrate the annual St. Peter Claver Mass at the Peter Claver Center  in Philadelphia Friday, Sept. 9.  Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre was one of the concelebrants at the Mass.

Bishop Herbert Bevard of St. Thomas in the American Virgin Islands celebrated the St. Peter Claver Mass at the Peter Claver Center in Philadelphia Sept. 9.

St. Peter Claver Mass Sept. 9 at the Peter Claver Center in Philadelphia.

St. Peter Claver Mass Sept. 9 at the Peter Claver Center in Philadelphia.

St. Peter Claver Mass Sept. 9 at the Peter Claver Center in Philadelphia.