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Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States.
Jun 22, 2023 · Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, a Black religious sister who founded the country’s first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829.
Jun 22, 2023 · Pope Francis has declared venerable Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, founder of the first Catholic order of African American nuns, and Sister Lúcia dos Santos, one of the children who saw the...
Feb 28, 2023 · Two centuries ago, Mary Elizabeth Lange (1789-1882) emigrated to the United States from Cuba and joined a friend to offer free education to Baltimore’s Black children.
Jun 23, 2023 · Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange -- a Black Catholic nun who founded the United States’ first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829 -- has advanced another step toward sainthood.
Jun 22, 2023 · One of six African Americans on the path to sainthood moved a step closer when Pope Francis formally decreed that Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, who died in Baltimore in 1882, lived a life of heroic virtues.
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Jun 22, 2023 · A painting depicts Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first Catholic order of African American nuns, who Pope Francis declared venerable June 22. (CNS photo/courtesy of the Catholic Review)
