Illustrated This Vision book for youth tells the beautiful story of American\'s recently canonized Saint and servant of the oppressed, St.
Cover art by Chris Pelicano.
She died in 1955, and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
Mother Katharine and her sisters worked tirelessly to serve the material and spiritual needs of the downtrodden through numerous schools and institutions she established around the country.
Acting upon the words she had heard come from a statue of Our Lady, "Freely you have received, freely give," and from the direct advice given her by Pope Leo XIII to become a missionary, Katharine Drexel became a religious sister and founded the order of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891.
After the death of her parents the young Katharine decided to use all the fortune she had inherited to help the less fortunate in America, especially the Indians and African Americans.
Her parents were greatly loved and admired by many for their kindness and generosity to the poor and needy.
Born in 1858 to Francis and Emma Drexel, Katharine grew up in a happy, devout, and wealthy Catholic family in Philadelphia.
Katharine Drexel.
Illustrated This Vision book for youth tells the beautiful story of American\'s recently canonized Saint and servant of the oppressed, St
