Faithful gathered Oct. 5 at the Cathedral Basilica to honor the 25th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Katharine ...

Look around St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church at any weekend Mass, and you’ll see people wearing everything from suits and dresses to jeans and T-shirts. You’ll also notice some brightly colored ...

CHESTER — The crowd, assembled on the field next to Drexel Neumann Academy, 1902 Potter Street, was feeling the warmth last Sunday afternoon, but not all of it came from the mid-afternoon May ...

This past week, the Catholic Church celebrated the feast day of one of her cherished daughters, Saint Katharine Drexel. She was a woman on a Gospel mission. It seemed nothing could stop her, not even ...

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 for ...

Old St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia has quite a history since it was founded in 1733. Francis Drexel, the father of St. Katharine Drexel, was baptized here soon after his birth in 1824. Later, he ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — On February 12, Katharine Drexel vowed to be the first sister of the Blessed Sacrament, where the sister educated black and Native American peoples. Members of the Catholic Diocese ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For more than 100 years, a group of Catholic nuns has shaped the lives of hundreds of students in New Orleans in the tradition of Saint Katharine Drexel. Drexel was the second ...

This likeness of St. Katharine Drexel is seen at the Katharine Drexel Shrine in Bensalem, Pa. (CNS photo/The Crosiers) This tax season, Americans have an unexpected figure to thank for one of their ...

CHESTER — The St. Katharine Drexel Food Pantry is moving. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, the pantry, which serves local residents who are struggling with food insecurity, as well as the city’s homeless ...

Katharine Drexel's Our Lady of Assumption Catholic School building stands empty at 410 Michaud St. in Carencro. The school was consolidated with Drexel's St. Anne Convent School and St. Pierre ...

The Our Lady of Assumption Catholic School in Carencro is just a wood-frame building, nothing fancy. It's not even in use, but it's still standing in the same spot where Katharine Drexel founded and ...