Mother Mary Lange
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Servant of God Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, was the foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Elizabeth was born in the 1780s, a native of the Caribbean, her country of birth is not documented but oral tradition says she was born in Haiti and moved with her family to Santiago de Cuba. Mother Lange died on February 3, 1882. On July 2, 1829 the Oblate Sisters of Providence were founded by Mother Mary Lange, OSP, and Rev. James Nicholas Joubert, SS as the first congregation of women religious of African descent. This was the beginning of a legacy that has thrived over the past 177 years in 25 cities in the United States, Cuba, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and most recently Africa. In 2004 three schools ( St. Dominic School, Shrine of The Little Flower and St. Anthony of Pauda) in Baltimore, MD were closed down due to money problems, the three schools all combined into Mother Mary Lange Catholic School. Being the first school named after her in America. The First Graduating Class was in 2006.
