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This automobile enabled Father LaFarge to respond quickly to the needs of the Black community of St. Inigoes and Ridge. During his years with that community, between 1911 and 1926, he participated in community meetings, served as pastor of St. Peter Claver’s Church (St. Inigoes), and supervised the construction of Cardinal Gibbons Institute. These experiences led him in 1926 to found the Catholic Interracial Council to address the problem of racism in the Catholic Church in the United States.
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John LaFarge, S.J., Papers