The sacred remains of Saint Katharine Drexel (1858–1955), a member of the Drexel family dynasty who gave up a life of luxury to dedicate herself to the Roman Catholic Church, were brought back to her ...

In the late 1800s, Drexel dedicated $20 million of her family’s wealth to teaching African Americans and Native Americans, establishing missions across the United States, and founding and ...

But the thousands who attended the Canonization Day Celebration held Sunday at the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Motherhouse in Bensalem seemed no worse for wear for having lost a little sleep, … ...

St. Katharine Drexel could have easily chosen the life of a socialite heiress to a vast family fortune in late 19th century Philadelphia.

The shrine of a Philadelphia saint has opened in its new home. St. Katharine Drexel’s remains had been in the motherhouse of the Catholic order she founded in Bensalem. But the Sisters of the Blessed ...

All four buildings are part of Saint Katharine Drexel Parish. ... White says when the doors close on the church he has lived next to for 15 years, it won't be the same.

SAN DIEGO — Saint Katharine Drexel Academy, a private Catholic school in San Diego, is at risk of closing at the end of the school year unless it raises $500,000 and increases enrollment by 30 ...

The remains of St. Katharine Drexel were installed last month at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. Moving her tomb from the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament’s motherhouse in Bensalem, ...

Ground was broken for St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church Sunday afternoon with over 300 people outlining the footprint of the 19,000-square-foot, $6.5 million project that features worship space ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Church officials are commemorating Saint Katharine Drexel as the Archdiocese of Philadelphia unveiled the new tomb at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Tuesday ...