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Katharine Drexel

American Catholic religious sister and saint (1858–1955)

Saint Katharine Drexel SBS

Born	(1858-11-26)November 26, 1858 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 3, 1955(1955-03-03) (aged 96) Bensalem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	November 20, 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	October 1, 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Major shrine	Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, U.S.
Feast	March 3

Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholicreligious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans.

Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Drexel was the second person born in the United States to be declared a saint and the first who was born a U.S. citizen.

Early life

Drexel was born Catherine Marie Drexel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 26, 1858, to Francis Anthony Drexel an

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St. Katharine Drexel

1858-1955

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 daughters home. A third daughter, Louise, was born in 1863. The children grew up in a loving family atmosphere permeated by deep faith.

St. Katharine Drexel’s Father

Francis Anthony Drexel

Katharine Drexel's father was a nationally and internationally well known banker. He learned the banking business in Drexel & Co. founded by his father in Philadelphia. He had three daughters, Elizabeth, Katharine and Louise. At his death in 1885, besides providing for his daughters, he left $14,000,000 to charity.

St. Katharine Drexel’s Birth Mother

Hannah Langstroth Drexel

Married in 1854 to Francis Anthony, Hannah gave birth to a daughter Elizabeth and three years later to Katharine in 1858

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Katharine Drexel, born to Francis Anthony Drexel and Hannah Langstroth Drexel, was raised to believe that wealth was to be shared with those in need. Her father, an internationally well-known banker, ensured that she grew up witnessing the disparities among other races. She traveled with her family across Native American lands where she witnessed poverty on reservations. As a young girl, the common practice was to open her family’s home multiple times a week to provide clothing, food, and medicine to the poor.

When Francis Anthony Drexel died in 1885, he left more than 14 million dollars to charity, not including the vast wealth split between his three daughters. In 1887, Pope Leo XIII suggested that Katharine Drexel become a missionary. She took up the name Mother Katharine and decided she would give herself and her inheritance to God through service to both Native Americans and African Americans. She wrote, "The feast of St. Joseph brought me the grace to give the remainder of my life to the Indians and the Colored," according to St. Katharine Drexel Par