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 ...

Martin Maria de Porres Ward, an African American priest who had to leave the United States to undertake his calling, is now being considered by the Catholic Church for beatification or sainthood ...

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL, 6202 St. Clair Ave., opened with 105 students in 2004 in the former St. Vitus Elementary School. The high school is named for the patron saint of mixed-race and ...

St. Martin de Porres, who was led to heavenly glory by the path of humility, offered great comfort to my mother during some of the darkest moments of her life.

People who were born at St. Martin de Porres are invited to attend the service. Following mass, attendees will go to Allen Health and Rehabilitation for a chapel dedication and homecoming reception.