The_Saint_Against_Racism

The Saint Against Racism Katharine Drexel was the second child born of Francis Anthony and Hannah Jane Drexel, on November 26, 1858. A month after Katharine’s birth, Hanna passed away, and for the next two years, Katharine and her older sister were taken care of by their aunt and uncle. After the time of two years had gone by, Francis had remarried to Emma Bouvier, and the couple had a child. All three of Francis’ children were raised in a home full of faith and love. The girls grew up teaching at a Sunday school that Emma had opened for the children of employees of their estate as well as their neighbors. They also spent a few days a week giving service to the poor. When Katharine was twenty-one, Emma became ill with cancer, and for three years Katharine nursed her. It was in this time she began to realize God might be calling her to a religious life. When Emma died, Katharine wrote to her spiritual director, Reverend James O’Conner, who in turn advised her to, “Think, pray, and wait.” About three years later, Katharine’s father passed away, leaving his daughters as the beneficiaries of his katharine, drexel, years, life, time, order, sisters, school, opened, katharine’s, emma, children, university, two, three, suffering, people, own, now, november, native, missionary, blacks, americans, after, xavier, wrote, visited, took, teachers, st, sister, should, schools, religious