![]() They were trailblazers for generations of Black Catholic nuns who persevered despite being overlooked or suppressed by those who resented or disrespected them. In 1829, she founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence - the country’s first African American religious congregation. Recognizing a need to provide education for Black children in the city, she started a school in 1828, decades before the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. After encountering more discrimination in the southern U.S., she moved with her family to Baltimore. due to racial discrimination, according to the Vatican’s saint-making office. Lange grew up in a wealthy family of African origin, but she left Cuba in the early 1800s for the U.S. Under a decree signed by Pope Francis on Thursday, Lange was recognized for her heroic virtue, and advanced in the cause of her beatification from being considered a servant of God to a “venerable servant.” The Catholic Church must now approve a miracle that is attributed to her, so she can be beatified. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]()
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