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Portraits of six African Americans who are sainthood candidates are displayed in the lobby of the Catholic Center in Baltimore in November 2023 for Black Catholic History Month. The six are: (from left top row) Pierre Toussaint, a noted philanthropist; Mother Mary Lange, founder of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence; and Father Augustus Tolton, the first Catholic priest in the U.S. known publicly to be Black. From left bottom row are Mother Henriette Delille, founder of the New Orleans-based Sisters of the Holy Family; Sister Thea Bowman, the first African American to become a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration; and Julia Greeley, known as the city of Denver's "Angel of Charity." (OSV News/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review) Portraits of six African Americans who are sainthood candidates are displayed in the lobby of the Catholic Center in Baltimore in November 2023 for Black Catholic History Month. The six are: (from left top row) Pierre Toussaint, a noted philanthropist; Mother Mary Lange, founder of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence; and Father Augustus Tolton, the first Catholic priest in the U.S. known publicly to be Black. From left bottom row are Mother Henriette Delille, founder of the New Orleans-based Sisters of the Holy Family; Sister Thea Bowman, the first African American to become a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration; and Julia Greeley, known as the city of Denver's "Angel of Charity." (OSV News/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)

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