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Her feast day is March 3, the anniversary of her death. She is buried in Cornwells Heights, [[Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania]]. |
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==Saint Katharine Drexel Mission Center and Shrine== |
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Saint Katharine Drexel | |
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| Abbess | |
| Born | November 26, 1858 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 3, 1955 (aged 96) Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | November 20, 1980 by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | October 1, 2000 by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania |
| Feast | March 3 |
| Patronage | philanthropists, racial justice |
Saint Katharine Mary Drexel (November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American nun, philanthropist and educator, later canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.
Life and religious work
Katharine Drexel was born in Philadelphia to Francis Anthony Drexel and Hannah Langstroth. Her family owned a considerable banking fortune, and her uncle was the founder of Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Drexel dedicated her life and inheritance to the needs of oppressed Native Americans and African-Americans in the western and southwestern United States, and was a vocal advocate of racial tolerance. To address racial injustice and destitution and spread the Gospel to these groups, she established a religious order, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. She also financed more than 60 missions and schools around the United States.
Sainthood
Drexel was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 20, 1980 and canonized on October 1, 2000, becoming the second canonized American-born saint (after Elizabeth Ann Seton). The Vatican cited a fourfold legacy of Drexel: A love of the Eucharist and perspective on the unity of all peoples; courage and initiative in addressing social inequality among minorities; her efforts to achieve quality education for all; and selfless service, including the donation of her inheritance, for the victims of injustice. She is known as the patron saint of racial justice and of philanthropists.[1]
Her feast day is March 3, the anniversary of her death. She is buried in Cornwells Heights, Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania. Dakota plus luke(:
Saint Katharine Drexel Mission Center and Shrine
The Saint Katharine Drexel Mission Center and Shrine is located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The Mission Center offers retreat programs, historic site tours, days of prayer, presentations about Saint Katharine Drexel, and lectures and seminars related to her legacy. Furniture and exhibits tell the story of St. Katharine Drexel, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and the accomplishments of black and Native American people. Her tomb lies under the main altar in St. Elizabeth Chapel. A second-class relic of St. Katherine can be found inside the altar of the Mary chapel at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.[2]
Parishes and schools named for St. Katherine Drexel
Numerous Catholic parishes and schools bear the name of St. Katherine Drexel.
- Parishes:
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Sugar Grove, IL [1]
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Cape Coral, FL
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Hempstead, TX
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Venice, FL
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Weston, FL
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Frederick, MD
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Roxbury, MA
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Alton, NH
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Burlington, NJ (with two worship sites: All Saints Church and St. Paul Church)
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Egg Harbor Township, NJ
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Chester, PA
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Lansford, PA
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Mechanicsburg, PA
- St. Katherine Drexel Parish of Sioux Falls, SD
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Kaukauna, WI
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Springfield, IL (with two worship sites: Sacred Heart Church and St. Patrick's Church)
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Harpswell, ME
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Ramsey, MN
- Schools:
- St. Katharine Drexel School of St. Louis, MO
- St. Katharine Drexel School of Beaver Dam, WI
- St. Katharine Drexel School of Philadelphia, PA
See also
References and notes
- ^ "Vatican biography". Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ^ http://www.saintraphael.org/ChurchTour/4%20MinistriesTour/4%20Ministries%20Tour.htm
Tarry, Ellen (1958). St. Katharine Drexel - Friend of the Oppressed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc.