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Katharine Drexel, Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS) ( Catherine Mary Drexel was born; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) Katherine Drexel was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans .
March 3, 1955, Cornwells Heights (aged 96) St. Katharine Drexel (born November 26, 1858, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 3, 1955, Cornwells Heights; feast day [U.S.] March 3) was the American founder of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament), a congregation of missionary ...
Katharine Drexel was born in Philadelphia on November 26, 1858, the second child of Hannah and Francis Anthony Drexel. Hannah died five weeks after her baby's birth. For two years Katharine and her sister, Elizabeth, were cared for by their aunt and uncle, Ellen and Anthony Drexel. When Francis married Emma Bouvier in 1860 he brought his two ...
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1891, Saint Katharine Drexel left her life as an heiress behind when she became a nun. She subsequently founded the order of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and used her fortune to create ...
Dec 2, 2014 · Katharine Drexel’s story certainly is unlike any other. Born in 1858 to one of Philadelphia’s wealthiest and most prominent families, the heiress and society girl shocked her family and the nation when she became a Roman Catholic nun and social activist at age 31. Using her inheritance of $7 million (about $180 million in today’s currency ...
Saint Katharine Drexel An Interactive Timeline. Follow along in the footsteps of a saint as you learn about St. Katharine Drexel’s family, her life, her ministry and canonization. Explore The Timeline
