Katharine Drexel founded and funded schools in Carencro. Curious Louisiana discovers if local land donor Sosthene Arceneaux gave her a ride to one of those locations in his horse-drawn buggy.

Catherine Drexel was born Nov. 26, 1858, into a family of affluence and status. The Drexels of Philadelphia were known for their business acumen as well as their philanthropic activities.

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 ...

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St. Katharine Drexel Catholic High School teacher Cynthia Bettio has received Esri Canada’s Making a Difference Award. Esri Canada provides geographic information system (GIS) mapping tools used by ...

A new kind of mission Katharine Drexel, an heiress to a banking fortune, entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1889 and in 1891 established what was then known as the Congregation of the Sisters of the ...

St. Katharine Drexel, the second American-born saint, founded and funded more than 60 private schools across the country for African American and Native American students in the late 1800’s.

St. Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia heiress, founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, with their motherhouse in Bensalem. She was canonized a saint in 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

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 ...