St. Katharine Drexel is a recent saint, having died in 1955. An heir to the Drexel (banking) fortune, she gave her fortune to serve the poor and the oppressed. She founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891 after doing her novitiate with the Sisters of Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska. She founded Xavier University in New Orleans specifically for African Americans. She traveled extensively to found schools and missions that served the local needs of the poor and the oppressed, especially those of color.
Her feast day is March 3.
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