Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Oblate Sisters of Providence is a Roman Catholic order, founded by Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP, and Rev. James Nicholas Joubert, SS in 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland for the education of colored children. It has the distinction of being the first Roman Catholic religious order began for Catholic women of African descent. The congregation is also a member of the Women of Providence in Collaboration.