Today is the Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, the founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and the second American-born saint in the history of the Catholic Church. Sister Faith Okerson of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, calls in to share the saint’s story. She was born in 1858 to an incredibly wealthy family whose great fortune was only surpassed by their immense faith. Her parents practiced corporal and spiritual works of mercy and passed it along to their children. In 1886, during an audience with the pope in Rome, St. Katharine, she begged for the Catholic Church’s broader outreach to black and Indian missions in the United States. Pope Leo XIII asked her, why don’t you do it, and it flipped a switch. She joined the Sisters of Mercy a couple of years later and in 1891 formed the Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Sister Faith gets into the details of that story and shares her own vocation story as well.
Afterwards, Gus talks more about St. Katharine Drexel and her generosity and likens it to today’s Gospel where Jesus encounters the rich man who asks him about how he can attain eternal life.
Also, when St. Katharine Drexel entered the convent, she gave her entire inheritance away and because of her big heart and family fortune, which still remained mostly intact, she was quite generous to people, corporally and spiritually. She founded schools, institutions, convents, etc. Gus invites listeners to call in and talk about who is the most generous person in their lives.
Later, Gus opens up the phone lines for Tell Me Something Good and also invites listeners to share any miracle stories they may have. He calls it “Miracle Monday.”
St. Katharine Drexel, pray for us!
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