Optional Memorial
Saint Katharine Drexel
- Feast day
- March 03
- Patron of
- racial justice and philanthropists
- Origin
- American
Life
Katharine Drexel was a Philadelphia heiress who used her fortune to found the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, dedicated to serving Native Americans and African Americans. She established Xavier University of Louisiana.
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