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e. Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 [1] – November 16, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic religious sister from New Orleans. She founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1836 and served as their first Mother Superior. The sisters are the second-oldest surviving congregation of African-American religious.
- November 16, 1862 (aged 49), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
-Henriette Delille is the first United States native-born African American whose cause for canonization has been officially opened by the Catholic Church.-Henriette Delille, born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1812, was a real-life person like you and me. She lived all of her life in New Orleans and had family and friends.
Jan 14, 2020 · Henriette Delille was a free person of color who founded a religious order in New Orleans in the 19th century, educating and ministering to free and enslaved Black people. She defied the law and the social conventions of her time, and was canonized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church in 2010.
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Nov 28, 2023 · Sister Henriette Delille during a tumultuous period in American history marked by slavery and racial discrimination, making her journey on the road to sainthood an inspiring testament to her dedication to faith, service and her community. Born in 1813 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sister Henriette was a free woman descended from slaves.
Delille was born a “ free person of color ” in New Orleans in 1813. Technically, she was a quadroon, meaning she was believed to be one-fourth black. Though her parents and siblings listed themselves as white in the census, Delille used the label, free person of color, which applied to all biracial people. She was the youngest of three ...
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Nov 4, 2016 · Henriette’s mother, on a quest to see that her daughter became a common-law wife to a wealthy white man, trained Henriette in the fine arts of dance, literature and music. ... Henriette Delille ...
Discover the inspiring story of Henriette Delille, a pioneer of social justice and a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church.
