Serra Club of Charleston, W. Va.
Welcome
to the home page for the Serra Club of Charleston, West Virginia. Our
club was founded on March 17, 1951 under Charter No. 60, and is a member of Serra
International, whose purpose is to foster and promote
vocations to the Catholic priesthood and religious life, and to
encourage its members to fulfill their own Christian vocations to
service. 
Serra International ("Serra") is the global lay
apostolate for vocations in the Catholic Church. Serra is an
organization comprised of Serra Clubs whose members are Catholic laymen
and laywomen called Serrans. Since it was founded in Seattle,
Washington, U.S.A., in 1935 over 1,100 Serra Clubs have been chartered
in 46 countries on six continents.
Serra International was named in honor of Blessed Father Junípero Serra,
the 18th century Franciscan missionary who founded many missions in
Northern California. Father Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 25, 1988.