George P. Matysek Jr.

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The Oblate Sisters of Providence are presented a special resolution by the Baltimore City Council Oct. 30 for their historical impact on the community. After 191 years, the Oblate Sisters of Providence religious community founded for Black women receives long overdue honor for their heroic ministry during the cholera epidemic in Baltimore in the summer of 1832. It was one of the worst public health crises the city ever faced. (OSV News/Catholic Review/Kevin J. Parks)

After 191 years, Oblate Sisters are honored for heroic ministry during cholera epidemic

The City Council passed a resolution Oct. 30 honoring the Oblate Sisters of Providence for their 194 years of service. The resolution, supported by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was presented on the 191st anniversary of the death of Oblate Sr. Anthony Duchemin.

Sr. Margaret Muraki, left, and Mother Emily Ann Lindsey, both All Saints Sister of the Poor, screw caps onto jars of honey produced by bees on the sister's property in Catonsville, Maryland, on Aug. 16. (CNS/Catholic Review/Kevin J. Parks)

Show me the honey: Maryland sisters find divine touch in beekeeping

The bees collect nectar from flowers and plants across the sisters' property and over a 3-mile radius, bringing it back to the hives where they transform it into honey.

Mother Mary Paschal of the Lamb of God holds her infant niece, Cecelia Potee, in 2011.

Poor Clare sister from Maryland is elected abbess, succeeds Mother Angelica

Mother Mary Paschal of the Lamb of God was elected abbess July 29, taking on the same post that was once held by Mother Angelica, founder of both the monastery and the global Catholic communications network known as EWTN.

Speaker: Only way forward is to allow Christ 'to come in, encounter us'

Nun believed killed by nephew; police continue to search for body