St. Katherine Drexel (3 March): The Billionaire Heiress Who Became a Nun

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St. Katharine Drexel was born into one of the wealthiest families in America—yet she gave everything away to follow Christ. Born in Philadelphia in 1858, the daughter of billionaire banker Francis Drexel, Katharine inherited what would today be hundreds of millions of dollars. Instead of living a life of luxury, she dedicated her fortune to serving the poor, founding schools, missions, and religious communities to help African Americans and Native Americans. After meeting Pope Leo XIII in Rome, Katharine received a life-changing challenge: “Why don’t you become a missionary?” She answered that call by founding the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, dedicating her life to education, evangelization, and charity. By the time of her death in 1955 at age 96, she had founded: • 145 missions • 50 schools for Black children • 14 schools for Native Americans Her life shocked high society but revealed the radical charity of the Catholic faith. In an age obsessed with wealth and status, St. Katharine Drexel reminds us that true riches are found in serving Christ and the poor. St. Katharine Drexel, pray for us. 0:00 Introduction 0:17 Who Was St. Katharine Drexel 0:45 Her Catholic Upbringing and Family Example 1:48 Lessons from Her Parents' Charity 2:45 Wealth, Society, and Early Life 3:07 The Death of Her Stepmother and Lesson on Wealth 3:40 Seeing the Suffering of Blacks and Native Americans 4:08 The Drexel Family Fortune 4:41 $1,000 Per Day Inheritance 4:52 Marriage Prospects vs Religious Life 5:17 Meeting Pope Leo XIII 5:36 The Call to Become a Missionary 5:48 Founding the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament 6:00 Her Schools and Missions 6:31 The Historical Era She Lived Through 7:00 Her Witness to Protestant America 8:03 Catholic Evangelization and Human Dignity 8:55 True Catholic Social Justice 9:24 The Legacy of St. Katharine Drexel 10:00 Saints Raised Up by God 10:28 Final Reflection https://sensusfidelium.us/roman-martyrology/march/march-3rd/ Please remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.us/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #SaintKatharineDrexel #CatholicSaints #CatholicHistory #CatholicChurch #SaintOfTheDay #CatholicFaith #CatholicEducation #CatholicMissionaries #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicInspiration