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View from Route I-95, of the former Motherhouse and Mission Center on the former St. Katharine Drexel Shrine on Bristol Pike, in Bensalem, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022.
The entrance to the shrine of Katherine Drexel in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator.
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 ...
126 Church St., Bentleyville: Part of St. Katharine Drexel Parish. Corpus Christi 2515 Versailles Ave., McKeesport: Part of Mary, Mother of God Parish. Good Shepherd Braddock Ave. at Frazier St., Braddock: Part of St. Joseph the Worker Parish. Guardian Angels 213 Steuben St., West End, Pittsburgh Closed in 1994 (merged into new Guardian Angels ...
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 People.
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St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church (right) and rectory. The school, named in honor of St. Benedict the Moor, was constructed of brick and was one of the first schools for black students in Florida. The students were instructed by nuns of a local convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph. There were between 90 and 100 students enrolled per year at ...
Xavier Prep was established in 1915 by Saint Katharine Drexel; its first president was a Josephite priest. [2] It was originally intended to be a revival of Southern University, which had recently relocated from Uptown New Orleans to Baton Rouge due to racist opposition to an HBCU being in the neighborhood.