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 ...

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, ...

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 ...