The remains of Servant of God, Mother Mary Lange, O.S.P., foundress of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, were recently re-interred in the motherhouse chapel of her sisters. BIMO board member and Baltimore Archbishop William Lori presided at the event, which represents the latest step in Mother Lange’s canonization proceedings. Mother Lange began the Oblate Sisters in 1829, while Maryland was a slave state.
From the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic Review:
“You can’t explain it,” said Oblate Sister of Providence Celestina Johnson, 86, searching for words to describe her feelings. She had just participated in a June 3 canonical celebration where the remains of her congregation’s foundress were transferred to a permanent home in its mother house’s chapel.
“You never thought a day you’d live to see this,” said Sister Celestina, an Oblate for 56 years. “To look upon the remains of her is astounding.”
