Katharine Drexel, (November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and foundress. She was the second American to be canonized a saint. She grew up in a wealthy family with two sisters, her father, and her step-mother. Three times a week, the Drexel family distributed food, clothing, and rent assistance from their family home in Philadelphia. As a young and wealthy woman, Katharine watched her stepmother's three-year struggle with terminal cancer, which taught her that the Drexel money could not buy safety from pain or death. Her life’s work has made her known as the patron saint of philanthropy and racial justice.
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