Witness the historic visit at St. Michael's Mission founded by St. Katharine Drexel in words and pictures.

"Do you have information on St. Katharine Drexel being escorted by Sosthene Arceneaux in a buggy to locate property to build a school for Black children in Carencro?" Clara Arceneaux asked.

"Do you have information on St. Katharine Drexel being escorted by Sosthene Arceneaux in a buggy to locate property to build a school for Black children in Carencro?" Clara Arceneaux asked.

The pilgrimage’s 2025 St. Katharine Drexel Route covers 3,340 miles over 10 states in 20 dioceses. Its eight perpetual pilgrims — young adults who are traveling the full distance — began in ...

WHAT: Vitalant and St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Parish will host a community blood drive. Donors are encouraged to make an appointment by going to donors.vitalant.org and use blood drive Code ...

She died in 1955. St. John Paul II canonized her in October 2000. She was the second American-born saint to be canonized. In 1891 St. Katharine Drexel purchased a 44-acre property in Bensalem, Pa. for ...

Katharine Drexel, seated, at the Catherine Tegawitha Indian School in Houck, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. This photo was believed to have been taken in September 1932.

This year's 3,300-mile Drexel Route -- named for American-born St. Katharine Drexel -- will travel from Indianapolis through 20 dioceses and four Eastern Catholic eparchies across Indiana, Illinois, ...

He invoked the mission of Philadelphia's own St. Katharine Drexel. Pope Francis delivered a homily at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on Sept. 26, 2015.

Local News Mass on St. Katharine Drexel’s Feast Day Begins Year Honoring Philly’s Own Saint St. Katharine Drexel's shrine at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. (Photo: Sarah Webb) ...

What was once unthinkable has become a blessing. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, who were founded by St. Katharine Drexel and once numbered more than 600 sisters, announced in 2016 they were ...