St. Katharine Drexel and her missions to Native American and African American communities

Katharine Drexel (1858–1955), born in Philadelphia, founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and used her inheritance to fund Catholic missions and schools serving Native American and African American communities across the United States. She founded Xavier University of Louisiana in 1915 as part of that mission work. Drexel was canonized in 2000, and her remains are entombed in the crypt of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.