
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 abolition of slavery within the United States.
Lange founded the Oblate Sisters more than three decades before the Civil War and its resulting abolition of slavery within the United States.
After meeting with Vatican officials about Lange’s cause last week, Archbishop Lori reported that the paper arguing for her life of heroic virtue was nearly finished.
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