Two Catholic Haitian-US Notables!

Two wonderful Haitian-US Catholics worked for our good God in the United States.  We were blessed as a country to become home to  Mother Mary Lange and the Venerable Pierre Toussaint. Both of these Catholic native-Haitian notables have groups working for their canonization and both have miracles attributed to their powerful intercession. We implore the powerful intercession of these two holy souls to help us in the advancement and mutual success of this twinning project. 

Mother Mary Lange (1784 - 1882): Mother Mary Lange  was born to Haitian parents  in the year 1784 when the Island of Haiti was known as San Dominiguois or San Domingue.  The family fled to Cuba to escape a Haitian revolution. Mother Mary moved to Baltimore in 1813 as a young Catholic woman and founded the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore Maryland. This congregation has devoted itself to promote the spiritual and material welfare of African American girls.

The Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1776 - 1853) was born into slavery in Haiti (at that time the Island was known as St. Domingue) and lived as a young boy on a plantation. From there he came as a slave to New York City where he became a famous hairdresser and eventually a free and wealthy man.

As a famous hairdresser to many famous ladies, including Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, he was known for his Catholic spirituality and his trustworthiness. He would at times refer his clients to particular spiritual advice found in "The Imitation of Christ" . To people who wished to learn more about  his clients, he would only say  "Pierre is a hairdresser, not a news journal." 

Venerable Pierre is known as the patron of good works in the United States in light of all the wonderful works of charity, both material and spiritual, he practiced tirelessly. He helped poor and rich alike when he found them in need of his help. There was no one beyond his charity.  He was also devoted to his wife and niece (who he raised until her early death). 

He would walk to daily mass in New York City regardless of the weather. In 1996 Pope John Paul II declared Pierre Venerable, the second step toward sainthood