Katharine Drexel, who worked in New Mexico in the 1900s, will soon be declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. The sister came to New Mexico in 1902. She founded St. Michael's School on the ...

Almost 70 years after his death, the Solanus Casey Foundation is building momentum to make the Wisconsin-born priest a saint.

Katharine had to perform the requisite two miracles before she was ready for canonization. ... --Letter from Mother Katharine Drexel, October 1902, written at St. Michael's.

The legacy of St. Katharine Drexel. The pope opened his first homily in Philadelphia with a story about Drexel’s call. When she was a young woman, Drexel met with Pope Leo XII who asked her, “What are ...

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.

St. Katharine Drexel Church is first parish named after the saint. By Joseph Cress, The Sentinel Nov 24, 2013 Nov 24, 2013 Updated Nov 25, 2013; 0; 1 of 3 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- The Archdiocese of Philadelphia unveiled renderings of the new tomb for Saint Katharine Drexel on Tuesday. It will be constructed over the next few weeks at the Cathedral ...

She was the second American-born saint to be canonized. In 1891, St. Katharine Drexel purchased a 44-acre property in Bensalem, Pa., for her new congregation’s motherhouse, which is now up for sale.