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Williams said that unlike most of their counterparts in religious life, Lange and the Oblate Sisters of Providence were not segregationists, and never barred anyone from their ranks or institutions based on color or race.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

There were periods of tensions with Oblate leadership, but Rev. Kabat managed to keep his activism alive.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

The death was announced by the Oblate Madonna Residence, a senior community home affiliated with Rev. Kabat’s religious congregation, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

The Inuit community, for its part, is seeking Vatican assistance to extradite a single Oblate priest, the Rev. Joannes Rivoire, who ministered to Inuit communities until he left in the 1990s and returned to France.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2022

The Oblate seemed to awake from a long dream, and opening her eyes, she distinctly said, "Mother, what would you have me to do?"

From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Fullerton, Georgiana