Bring Your Prayers to Saint Katharine Drexel
A shrine is a place to bring what is in your heart. Whether you come with a joyful thanksgiving, a difficult burden, a prayer for healing, or simply a desire to draw closer to God, you are welcome at the Shrine of Saint Katharine Drexel.
Here, before the tomb of a Philadelphia-born saint, we are invited to pause, pray, and entrust our lives and the lives of those we love to God’s mercy.
Saint Katharine Drexel understood the power of prayer. Her missionary work, her courage, and her lifelong service flowed from a deep love for Christ in the Eucharist.
Come and pray. Ask for her intercession. Remain with Christ.
Rooted in the Eucharist
For Saint Katharine, the Eucharist was the source of her strength and the center of her life. She knew that prayer was not separate from mission. Her time before the Blessed Sacrament gave her the grace to go forth and serve others with courage and love.
The Shrine invites us into that same movement: Come to Christ. Receive His love. Be transformed by His grace. Go forth to serve.
PERPETUAL NOVENA
Join the Shrine in prayer each Thursday following the 7:15 AM and 12:05 PM Masses.
DEVOTIONS
Explore prayers and devotional practices inspired by Saint Katharine’s life and spirituality.
PRAYER INTENTIONS
Entrust your needs and the needs of those you love to the intercession of Saint Katharine.
MASS & SACRAMENTS
Participate in the sacramental life of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
A Saint Who Prayed for Others
Saint Katharine’s prayer was never only for herself. She prayed for the people entrusted to her care, for the communities she served, for the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and for the Church’s mission. Today, we continue to ask her to pray with us and for us.
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