06/29/2023
SERVANT OF GOD MARY LANGE DECLARED "VENERABLE"
Sainthood Cause advances to the next stage.
Decree approved by Pope Francis
June 22, 2023
The canonization cause for Mother Mary Lange has advanced to the next stage. On June 22, 2023, Pope Francis approved the promulgation of a decree recognizing that she heroically lived according to Christian virtues. The decree was issued by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. She is now called, "Venerable Mary Lange."
Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2023-06/fatima-visionary-sr-lucia-declared-venerable.html
Venerable Mary Lange is a co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The first order of consecrated women religious founded by an American of African descent.
Mother Lange also founded Saint Frances Academy in 1828, when it was illegal in Maryland to educate children of African descent.
She was known for her sanctity, trusting in divine providence during every circumstance. Her cause for canonization has been promoted by the Oblate Sisters of Providence and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Venerable Mary Lange, pray for us!
Biography
www.oblatesisters.com/founders
Her cause for canonization: www.motherlange.org
Oblate Sisters of Providence
www.oblatesisters.com/
Image: National Black Catholic Congress, Inc.