The first order started for and by African-American women. When Afro-Americans were still prevented from joining orders.
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The Oblate Sisters of Providence is the first successful Roman Catholic sisterhood in the world established by women of African descent.  It was the work of a French-born Sulpician priest and four women, who were part of the Caribbean refugee colony which began arriving in Baltimore, Maryland in the late...
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The Oblate Sisters of Providence is a Roman Catholic order, founded by Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP, and Rev. James Nicholas Joubert, SS in 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland for the education of color...
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Oblate Sisters of Providence: A Pictorial History is a stunning volume which celebrates the history of this religious order, telling the remarkable story through hundreds of photographs collected and cherished by the Sisters. ... Oblate Sisters of Providence: A Pictorial History is available now. Purchase your volume today...
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St. Frances Academy is an independent Catholic high school owned and operated by the Oblate Sisters of Providence. ... As of June 2009, the Council of the Oblate Sisters of Providence consists of the following:
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Gregory XVI approved the order 2 October, 1831 under the title of OblateSisters of Providence. At present the sisters conduct schools and orphanages at Baltimore, Washington, Leavenworth, St. Louis, Normandy (Mo.) and 4 houses in Cuba, 2 in Havana, 1 in Santa Clara, 1 in Cardenas.
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Mother Mary Elizabeth - the founder and the initial Superior-General of the Oblate Sisters of Providence , the first black Roman Catholic order to operate in United States ... Elizabeth Clovis Lange was the founder and the initial "Superior-General" of the Oblate Sisters of Providence , the first black Roman Catholic order...
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The Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore was the first Roman Catholic order in America to accept Black women as nuns. It was founded nearly two centuries ago and remains active, with some 100 sisters offering their services to those in need. ... Sister VIRGINIE FISH (Oblate Sisters of Providence): And to you.
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