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March 3, 2023Second Sunday in Lent: The Transfiguration, by Gayle Somers
March 3, 2023
By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia, 08/21/17
It didn’t take much for St. Katharine Drexel to thwart the group’s violent plans.
St. Katharine Drexel was a pioneer in many ways. After seeing the plight of the Native Americans, she founded a religious order that she hoped could help relieve the suffering of the poor and vulnerable minorities of the country.
She blazed a trail west, ministering to the Native Americans and African Americans so severely treated by much of the population. By the end of her life she’d established well over 100 missions, 50 schools for African American children and 12 schools for Native Americans.
Unsurprisingly, her work with minorities drew sharp criticism and even violence. …
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