St. Katharine Drexel, Servant of Black and Indian Americans
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“If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.” —St. Katharine Drexel Today is the feast of the American St. Katharine Drexel, whose work to help black Americans and Native American Indians caused her to describe herself as the “mother and servant of the Indian and Negro races.” She came from a wealthy Philadelphia family and originally loved gaiety and fancy dresses, but she eventually exchanged her fine clothes for the sober habit of a Catholic nun and a life dedicated to spending her time and fortune on those whom too many of her fellow Americans unjustly despised.
St. Katharine Drexel, Servant of Black and Indian Americans
St. Katharine Drexel, Servant of Black and…
St. Katharine Drexel, Servant of Black and Indian Americans
“If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.” —St. Katharine Drexel Today is the feast of the American St. Katharine Drexel, whose work to help black Americans and Native American Indians caused her to describe herself as the “mother and servant of the Indian and Negro races.” She came from a wealthy Philadelphia family and originally loved gaiety and fancy dresses, but she eventually exchanged her fine clothes for the sober habit of a Catholic nun and a life dedicated to spending her time and fortune on those whom too many of her fellow Americans unjustly despised.