Knights, Ladies of Peter Claver elect new leaders

Published: 2006-11-29

HOUSTON (CNS) -- Gene A. Phillips Sr. of Tomball, Texas, and Geralyn C. Shelvin of Lafayette, La., are the new supreme knight and supreme lady of the Knights of Peter Claver and its ladies auxiliary, the Ladies of Peter Claver. The two were elected at the organization's 91st national convention this summer in Houston. Phillips attends St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Houston, and Shelvin belongs to St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Lafayette. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chicago was reappointed national chaplain and spiritual adviser of the Knights of Peter Claver. Earlier this year, the Knights' national board of directors selected H. Bronco Henderson Jr. as its executive director. A member of Resurrection Catholic Church in Montgomery, Ala., Henderson has a master's degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and extensive management and information technology experience with the U.S. government, Fortune 500 companies and the military.

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