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The Oblate Sisters of Providence (OSP) is a Catholic women's religious institute founded by Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, and Father James Nicholas Joubert in 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland for the education of girls of African descent. It was the first permanent community of Black Catholic sisters in the United States.
In Christianity (especially in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Methodist traditions), an oblate is a person who is specifically dedicated to God and to God's service. Oblates are individuals, either laypersons or clergy , normally living in general society, who, while not professed monks or nuns , have individually affiliated ...
The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Latin: Congregatio Sanctissimi Sacramenti), commonly known as the Sacramentinos [1] is a Catholic Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right for men (priests, deacons, and brothers) founded by St. Pierre-Julien Eymard. Its members use the nominal letters S.S.S. which is the acronym of its ...
Some grandparents of today's Blessed Sacrament students can remember when nuns staffed every Erie Catholic school, doling out homework, prayers and discipline in equal measures.
In an email to supporters last week, Matson said, “I live in a hermitage at the top of a wooded hill, which I share with my German Shepherd rescue, Odie, and with the Blessed Sacrament, which ...
Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi: I.W.B.S. Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament: C.V.I. Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament: S.I.W. Sisters of the Infant Jesus: I.J. Fr. Nicholas Barré: 1666 Sisters of the Little Company of Mary: L.C.M. Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany ...
Specifically, the Oblates of the Virgin Mary in the United States of America serve in: Boston, Massachusetts: Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine, St. Francis Chapel, [8] and St. Joseph's Retreat House [9] Alton, Illinois: St. Mary Catholic Church [10] Denver, Colorado: Holy Ghost Catholic Church [11] and the Lanteri Center for Ignatian ...
Fr. Brisson sent five missionary priests in 1882, to fulfill Bishop Leonard's request. Soon after, three Oblate Sisters left Troyes and supported the Oblate Priests in South Africa. Republic of South Africa Missions were founded in Matjieskloof in 1885, Nababeep in 1900, O’kiep in 1904, and Port Nolloth in 1904.