SAINT FEAST DAY 3 MARCH: ST KATHARINE DREXEL

  

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH

Saints celebrated on the 3rd of March

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SAINT KATHARINE DREXEL, FOUNDRESS

Saint Katharine Drexel was born November 26, 1858 in Philadelphia, USA, into a wealthy and well-connected banking family. The family's wealth, however, did not prevent them from living out a serious commitment to their faith. Both parents encouraged their daughters to think of the family's wealth not as their own, but as a gift from God which was to be used to help others. 

THE SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

She was called to religious life, founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and, with a band of sisters, devoted herself to the care and education of the underprivileged, namely native Americans and Americans of African descent. Apart from a boarding school in Santa Fe - her first project - she founded schools in 13 states. Segregationists gave her and her sisters a very hard time, including deliberate damage to her Catholic schools. 

QUIET, INTENSE PRAYER

In her seventies, Mother Drexel suffered a heart attack and focused on quiet, intense prayer for the last twenty years of her earthly pilgrimage. She died on March 3, 1955 and was canonised in the year 2000.

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Katharine may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.