Katharine Drexel

Saint St. Katharine Drexel SBS
Virgin
Born	(1858-11-26)November 26, 1858 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 3, 1955(1955-03-03) (aged 96) Bensalem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	November 20, 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	October 1, 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Major shrine	Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, U.S.
Feast	March 3

Katharine Drexel, Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS) ( Catherine Mary Drexel was born; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) Katherine Drexel 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.

Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Drexel was the second person born in what is now the United States to be declared a saint and the first who was born a U.S. citizen.