Saint Katharine Drexel/Footprints

Footprints for Saint Katharine Drexel are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Xavier University of Louisiana (New Orleans) – founding campus (Educational apostolate) [Limited] School – 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1925
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Historically Black Catholic university founded through St. Katharine Drexel’s support and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Campus exterior and public events interpret her educational mission among African American and Native American communities — Limited active campus (normal university visitor rules).
  • Sources: https://www.xula.edu/; https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1441; https://www.katharinedrexel.org/

• Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia) – tomb of St. Katharine Drexel (Childhood & legacy) [Public] Church – 1723 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 2018
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Primary active public stop for Katharine Drexel pilgrims. Her tomb was transferred from the former St. Elizabeth Convent (Bensalem) to the cathedral basilica (opened to the public 2018) along the left rear wall — family and sacramental Philadelphia roots plus ongoing veneration in one walkable stop.
  • Sources: https://cathedralphila.org/; https://catholicphilly.com/2018/11/news/local-news/st-katharine-drexels-tomb-blessed-at-new-home-in-cathedral/; https://www.katharinedrexel.org/

• Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Santa Fe) – Southwest mission context (Missionary education) [Public] Church – 131 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
  • Year: 1894
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe
  • Southwest cathedral world of SBS missions among Native communities that Drexel funded. Public plaza cathedral for travelers on a New Mexico Catholic day; not a personal residence.
  • Sources: https://www.cbsfa.org/; https://www.katharinedrexel.org/

• National Shrine of Saint Katharine Drexel site (Bensalem – former motherhouse) (Religious life & legacy) [Limited] Shrine – 1663 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, PA 19020, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 1891
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Former SBS motherhouse / shrine property outside Philadelphia where Katharine lived and was first entombed. Property has not functioned as an open national shrine pilgrimage campus in recent years — exterior/history context only; prefer the cathedral tomb for prayer visits.
  • Sources: https://www.katharinedrexel.org/

• Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament mission landscape (Native American / Black education) (Missionary education) [Limited] School – Historic SBS mission network (Southwest & Deep South corridor), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 1891
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Network of schools and missions funded by Drexel’s fortune for Black and Native American communities. Aggregate regional pin until a single public historic school building is selected for a day itinerary — Xavier (New Orleans) is the concrete campus stop.
  • Sources: https://www.katharinedrexel.org/

• St. Francis de Sales / SBS mission school landscape (Virginia / Southwest corridor) (Missionary education) [Limited] School – Historic SBS mission network (Powhatan VA / Southwest schools corridor), Powhatan, Virginia, United States
  • Year: 1899
  • Diocese: Diocese of Richmond
  • Sample of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament school network funded by Drexel for Black and Native communities. Limited historic school landscape — Xavier and the Philadelphia cathedral tomb remain primary public hubs.
  • Sources: https://www.katharinedrexel.org/