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  2. Mary Elizabeth Lange - Wikipedia

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    Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States.

  3. Oblate Sisters of Providence - Wikipedia

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    It was the first permanent community of Black Catholic sisters in the United States. The Oblate Sisters were free women of color who served to provide Baltimore's African-American population with education and "a corps of teachers from its own ranks." [1] The congregation is a member of the Women of Providence in Collaboration.

  4. Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales - Wikipedia

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    The Oblate Sisters arrived in Riobamba, Ecuador in 1888, from Europe. In May 1910, a convent was found in Manta and in 1930, after long hard efforts and expectations, the sisters opened a school for girls. The sisters began working at the Leonie Aviat school in the Tarqui administrative district in Manta Canton, Ecuador, in 1960.

  5. Oblate - Wikipedia

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    that between the oblate who was "mortuus mundo" ("dead to the world," that is, who had given himself and his goods to religion without reservation), and the oblate who retained some control over his person and his possessions – the former only (plene oblatus) was accounted a persona ecclesiastica, with enjoyment of ecclesiastical privileges ...

  6. Oblates of Jesus the Priest - Wikipedia

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    The Oblate sisters are also very musical, emphasizing singing and playing instruments during their liturgies and sometimes writing their own music. [1] The prayer life of the order is especially Eucharistic with at least a half hour of Eucharistic adoration every day for each sister, as well as daily Mass, Liturgy of the Hours, and Rosary. As ...

  7. Oblates of St. Frances of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Oblates engage in daily common prayer and acts of charity to the poor and the less fortunate. Characteristics of the congregation are a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary, to the guardian Angel and service to the Church of Rome. [1] As of 2017, there were six sisters in residence. [4]

  8. Oblates of St. Francis de Sales - Wikipedia

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    Louis Brisson. An order of cloistered nuns, the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, was founded by Francis de Sales at the request of Jane Frances de Chantal in 1610. The establishment of an Oratory at Thonon, where Francis served as the first Provost, was a preparatory step toward carrying out his design, the accomplishment of which was prevented by his death.

  9. Antonia de Oviedo Schöntal - Wikipedia

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    Antonia Maria de Oviedo Schöntal (16 March 1822 – 28 February 1898) was a Swiss-Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer, an order that she established with the Benedictine Bishop José María Serra.