Saint Katharine Drexel:
Philadelphian, Philanthropist, Sister, Saint
“Please do not say that some great sorrow drove me into the convent. That’s nonsense. I am, and have always been, one of the happiest women in the world.“
Saint Katharine Drexel: The Holy Heiress
On Saturday, March 23, 2019, 6abc aired a documentary on the life of Saint Katharine Drexel and the translation of her tomb to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
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The Life of Saint Katharine Drexel
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Archives
Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Address: 6740 Roosevelt Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19149
Phone: 215-904-8149
Website: http://www.chrc-phila.org/
Shrine of Saint Katharine Drexel
in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
DrexelShrine@archphila.org
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Shrine Hours
Sunday from 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM
Monday – Friday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday from 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM
Perpetual Novena to Saint Katharine Drexel
Each Thursday following the 7:15 AM and 12:05 PM Masses
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
4 Neshaminy Interplex Drive Suite 205
Trevose, PA 19053
215-244-8174
https://www.katharinedrexel.org