St. Katharine Drexel | |
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Virgin | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 26, 1858
Died | March 3, 1955 Bensalem, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 96)
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, 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.
Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Drexel was the second person born in what is now the United States to be declared a saint and the first who was born a U.S. citizen.