Virgin · Remembered on March 3
St. Katharine Drexel
St. Katharine Drexel is remembered on March 3 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | March 3 |
|---|---|
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1955 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
Heiress of a Philadelphia banking fortune who asked Leo XIII to send missionaries to America’s Indian and Black communities — and was told by the pope to become a missionary herself. She did: her Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and twenty million dollars built more than sixty schools, Xavier University of Louisiana among them.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Katharine Drexel. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Katharine Drexel keeps March 3 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of March.
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