Saint Katharine Drexel Friend Of The Oppressed

Description: This is the story of America’s recently canonized Saint servant of the oppressed Saint Catherine Drexel. Born in 1858 to Francis and Emma Drexel, Catherine grew up in a happy devout and wealthy Catholic family in Philadelphia. Her parents were greatly loved and admire by many of their kindness and generosity to the poor and needy. After the death of her parents, the young Catherine decided to use the fortune she had inherited to help the less fortunate in America, especially the Indians and African-Americans. Acting upon the word she had heard while praying before a statue of our lady “freely you have received freely give“ and from the direct advice given to her by Pope Leo the 13th she to become a missionary; Catherine Drexel became a religious sister in 1891 founded the order of the sisters of the blessed sacrament. Mother Catherine and her sisters worked tirelessly to serve the material and spiritual needs of the downtrodden through numerous schools and institutions. She established around the country. She died in 1955 and was canonized by Pope John Paul, the second in 2001.

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Location: Downers Grove, Illinois

End Time: 2024-12-03T21:06:27.000Z

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