St. Katharine Drexel, American National Catholic Church
The parish patron, St. Katharine, was the first U.S.-born citizen to be canonized. Born into a wealthy Philadelphia family, she gave up her economic and social privilege to found the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, an order devoted to ministering to African and Native Americans. St. Katharine, who died in 1955, was canonized in 2000. … [Read more…]