Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Saint Katharine Drexel Mission Center and National Shrine was formerly located at St. Elizabeth's Convent in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The Mission Center offered retreat programs, historic site tours, days of prayer, presentations about Saint Katharine Drexel, as well as lectures and seminars related to her legacy.
Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament , a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans .
They were founded in 1891 by Katharine Drexel as the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. During her life, Saint Katharine used approximately $20 million of her personal fortune to fund SBS-staffed schools for Native Americans and African Americans ; her wealth passed on to other charitable organizations following ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
St. Elizabeth's Convent was a historic Roman Catholic convent located at 1663 Bristol Pike in Cornwells Heights, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. From 1892 to 2017 it served as the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament , founded by St. Katharine Drexel as the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored ...
St. Katharine Drexel 1920 Providence Ave, Chester: Founded in 1993 with the merger of six parishes in Chester [29] St. Rose of Lima 1901 Chester Pike,Eddystone: Founded in 1890, current church dedicated in 1892 [30] Our Lady of Peace Milmont Park, 208 Milmont Ave, Folsom: Founded in 1922, church dedicated in 1956 [31] St. George 22 E. Cooke Ave ...
St. Katharine Drexel Award est. 1966, recognizes an outstanding contribution to the growth of high school librarianship. John Brubaker Award est. 1978, to recognize an outstanding work of literary merit, considered on the basis of its significant interest to the library profession which was published in Catholic Library World. [ 15 ]
Search. Search. Create account ... Create account; Log in; Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Saint Katherine Drexel. Add languages. Add ...