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Drexel, Saint Katharine
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Drexel, Saint Katharine

(born Nov. 26, 1858, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died March 3, 1955, Cornwells Heights, Pa.; canonized Oct. 1, 2000; feast day March 3) U.S. missionary. The niece of banker and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel, she inherited a vast fortune, which she used to fund her charitable enterprises, including mission schools in Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and New Mexico. In 1887 Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903) asked her to become a missionary. In 1891 she founded the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament), a congregation of missionary nuns dedicated to the welfare of Native Americans and African Americans. She also founded several schools for minority students as well as Xavier University in New Orleans (1915). She was the second U.S.-born saint; the first was Elizabeth Ann Seton, canonized in 1975.
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Barron concludes with four sketches of Christformed lives that exemplify what Aquinas might call the infused moral virtues: Edith Stein (elevated courage), Therese of Lisieux (elevated prudence), Katharine Drexel (elevated justice), and Teresa of Calcutta (elevated temperance).
The way ahead by Portier, William L. / Commonweal
Catherine McAuley, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Kateri Tekakwitha, Frances Cabrini, and Katharine Drexel keep company with Josephine Bakhita, Thea Bowman, Dorothy Day, and Mother Teresa.
Portraits of mercy by Coffey, Kathy / U.S. Catholic
Founded in 1925 by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Xavier University of Louisiana is the only historically Black and Catholic university in the United States.
America's longest-presiding university president: an interview with ... by The Black Collegian
 
 
 
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