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Venerable Henriette DelilleVenerable Henriette Delille "Servant of Slaves" (1812 - 1862) | ![](https://kofpc.org/photos/71372_01292021162828.jpg) ![](https://kofpc.org/photos/71378_01292021171229.jpg) | "I believe in God. I hope in God. I love. I want to live and die for God."
| QUICK FACTS:- Born and raised a free woman of color on March 11, 1812 in New Orleans, LA
- Died at the age of 50 in 1862
- Began teaching in a local Catholic school at the age of 14
- Sold her fortunes and used the proceeds to found the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1842
- Purpose to nurse the sick, care for the poor, and instruct the ignorant
- She founded the order after being rejected by the Ursuline and Carmelite nuns because of her race
- Opened the first Catholic home for the elderly
- Descendant of slaves
- Cause for Canonization officially opened in 1989
- Sainthood Phase: "Venerable"
- Remaining phases: "Blessed" and "Saint"
- The first US native born African American whose cause for canonization has been opened by the Catholic Church
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