page_title: Katharine Drexel
section_title: St. Katharine Drexel Mission Center and Shrine
hierarchical_section_title: Katharine Drexel / Death and legacy / St. Katharine Drexel Mission Center and Shrine
caption_attribution_description: Entrance to the Katharine Drexel Shrine in Bensalem, PA.
context_page_description: Katharine Drexel was an American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and founder. She was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 2000; her feast day is celebrated on March 3. She was the second American to be canonized a saint and the first one born a U.S. citizen. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2011.
context_section_description: The Saint Katharine Drexel Mission Center and National Shrine is located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The Mission Center offers retreat programs, historic site tours, days of prayer, presentations about Katharine Drexel, as well as lectures and seminars related to her legacy. Furniture, photo displays, and other artifacts tell the story of St. Katharine Drexel, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
  Her tomb lies under the main altar in St. Elizabeth Chapel. With also artifacts and relics she used, or had. Originally known as St. Elizabeth's Convent, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.  Much of the art displayed in St. Elizabeth Chapel are works by or about Native American, African and Haitian artists, and musicians.
  On May 3, 2016, Sister Donna Breslin, president of the order, announced that the 44-acre property in Bensalem, including the motherhouse and shrine, as well as 2,200 acres in Powhatan, Virginia, would be offered for sale.  The shrine closed at the end of 2017.  St. Katharine's remains were moved to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, where she and her family worshiped when she was a child.
caption: Entrance to the Drexel shrine in Bensalem, PA
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