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Diane Batts Morrow

Diane Batts Morrow is associate professor of history and African-American studies at the University of Georgia. She is a guest columnist for Catholic News Service.

The Oblate Sisters of Providence: An American story

February 22, 2018
By Diane Batts Morrow
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Guest Commentary

In responding to the call of their teaching mission, the Oblate Sisters nurtured the minds and souls of black folk, the very elements of black existence white society routinely denied.

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