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St. Katharine Drexel

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St. Katharine Drexel was born in 1858 into a wealthy Philadelphia family but was raised with a deep sense of Christian responsibility. After witnessing firsthand the suffering of Native Americans and African Americans, she dedicated her life and fortune to serving them. She founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891, a religious order […]

St. Katharine Drexel

St. Katharine Drexel was born in 1858 into a wealthy Philadelphia family but was raised with a deep sense of Christian responsibility. After witnessing firsthand the suffering of Native Americans and African Americans, she dedicated her life and fortune to serving them. She founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891, a religious order […]

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