Mother Katharine Drexel founded schools nationwide, including Xavier University, and a religious order to serve people of color.
Saints
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Edith Stein’s niece on what her canonization means for Catholic-Jewish dialogue
Susanne M. Batsdorff, niece of Edith Stein, reflects on Catholic-Jewish dialogue on the occasion of Stein’s canonization in 1998.
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6 saints who weren’t always so saintly
Saints are known for their holiness. That doesn’t mean they were easy to get along with.
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Theodore Hesburgh on what Cardinal Newman missed about Catholic universities
Let us not chide Cardinal Newman for writing in the middle of the 19th century instead of the middle of the 20th. But also let us not assume that what he had to say then had absolute and unconditioned validity for all such institutions in all times.
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St. Dominic and his order’s legacy of holiness
St. Dominic de Guzman and his Order of Preachers have left a lasting impact on the church through their saints and defense of the faith.