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   Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) was an American heiress who gave up a
   fortune in order to serve native Americans and blacks. She was born in
   Philadelphia to a wealthy and religious family, and from an early age her
   parents' example encouraged her own concern for the poor.
   
   After nursing her stepmother through a long illness, Katharine realized that
   wealth could not preserve one from suffering and death. During a European
   tour, when young Katharine met Pope Leo XIII and asked him to send more
   missionaries to the U.S., the pope startled her by saying, "Why don't you
   become a missionary?" This is what Katharine did, giving away her fortune and
   founding the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People.
   
   In 1894 Mother Drexel, as Katharine became known, opened the first mission
   school for Indians in New Mexico; its success quickly led to the founding of
   numerous other schools by her order, including schools for native Americans
   west of the Mississippi River and schools for blacks in the southern U.S. One
   of Katharine's greatest achievements was the establishment in 1915 of Xavier
   University in New Orleans -- the first American university for blacks.
   
   By 1942 she had a system of black Catholic schools in thirteen states, along
   with fifty mission schools for Indians in sixteen states -- despite the
   opposition of segregationists (who burned one of her schools in
   Pennsylvania). At the age of seventy-seven, Mother Drexel was forced to
   retire after suffering a heart attack; she spent the remaining nineteen years
   of her life in constant prayer and meditation.
   
   
   LESSONS
   
   1. As Jesus said, "Much will be required of the person entrusted with much"
   (Luke 12:48). Katharine understood this; instead of living a life of luxury
   and pleasure, she chose one of sacrifice and service.
   
   2. Donating money can be a way of avoiding a personal commitment. Even though
   she gave away over $12 million, Katharine realized that this wasn't enough:
   Jesus was asking her not merely to give money, but to devote her entire life
   to the service of His people.
   
   
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   > Mary, make me endeavor, by all the means in my power, to extend the kingdom
   > of your Divine Son and offer incessantly my prayers for the conversion of
   > those who are yet in darkness or estranged from His fold.
   > 
   > — From the writings of St. Katharine Drexel
   
   How can I, with Mother Mary’s help, “extend the kingdom” of Jesus in my daily
   life?
   
   
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    * St. Cunegunda (1033), Empress, wife of St. Henry II
   
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