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The Oblate Sisters of Leavenworth: Black Nuns Who Built Hope from Hardship

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In April 1888, four Black nuns stepped off a train in Leavenworth, Kansas, drawing stares from onlookers who had never seen African-American women in religious habits before. “A novel sight was witnessed by the habitues of the union depot yesterday morning,” reported the Leavenworth Times, “when four colored sisters of charity alighted from the train.”These pioneering women belonged to the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first successful order…

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The Oblate Sisters of Leavenworth: Black Nuns Who Built Hope from Hardship

In April 1888, four Black nuns stepped off a train in Leavenworth, Kansas, drawing stares from onlookers who had never seen African-American women in religious habits before. “A novel sight was witnessed by the habitues of the union depot yesterday morning,” reported the Leavenworth Times, “when four colored sisters of charity alighted from the train.”These pioneering women belonged to the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first successful order…

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