FIRST - American-born African American Catholic Nun in the Nation -Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin - Susquehanna PA
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Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin was The first American-born African American Catholic nun in the nation and charter member of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first congregation of religious women of color in the world.
Waymark Code: WM16ZNQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2022
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LOCATION: Intersection of Turnpike St. (SR 1013) and Broad Ave on Turnpike St. (SR 1013), Susquehanna PA 18847
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Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin (1810-1892)
The first American-born African American Catholic nun in the nation and charter member of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first congregation of religious women of color in the world. In 1845 she helped found the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) in Michigan. At the request of Bishop John Neumann of Philadelphia, she established an IHM community in Susquehanna County and Laurel Hill Academy, in operation here until 1923.
Erected 2009 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
From Wikipedia in part:
"Duchemin was born in 1810 to immigrant parents in Baltimore. Her father later left her family, and Duchemin was raised by her Haitian mother.
At the age of nineteen, she was involved in founding Oblate Sisters of Providence, which was the first Roman Catholic religious institute begun for Catholic women of African descent."
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