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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 23, 2023 · Mother Lange, also the founder of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, was declared venerable when Pope France signed a decree recognizing her as having “lived the Christian virtues in a heroic way.” A miracle attributed to her intercession is still necessary before she can be beatified.
Jun 22, 2023 · Mother Lange, a Cuban-born Haitian immigrant, founded the first order of Black U.S. nuns in 1829. She was recognized as venerable by Pope Francis along with Sister Lúcia dos Santos, who saw Mary at Fátima.
Feb 28, 2023 · Mother Mary Lange, Founder of First African-American Religious Congregation, Declared Venerable Lange founded the Oblate Sisters more than three decades before the Civil War and its resulting...
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.
Jan 18, 2024 · Learn about the life and legacy of Mother Mary Lange, the first Black woman to found a religious order in the U.S. and a pioneer of Black Catholic education and social justice. Discover how she challenged racism and sexism in the slaveholding and segregated church of her time.
