Lurana White

The Reverend Mother
Lurana Mary Francis White
S. A.
Personal life
Born(1870-04-12)April 12, 1870
Warwick, Orange County, New York
DiedApril 15, 1935(1935-04-15) (aged 65)
Garrison, Putnam County, New York
Known forCo-founder of the Society of the Atonement; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement
Religious life
ReligionCatholic

Lurana Mary Francis White, SA (1870-1935) was an American Catholic nun who converted from the Episcopal Church and co-founded of the Society of the Atonement. In the words of congregation historian Fr Charles LaFontaine, she "had the distinction of founding a religious community on equal terms with a man."

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