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Pages in category "Schools founded by St. Katharine Drexel" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Assumption B.V.M. School (Feasterville) – Consolidated into St. Katharine Drexel Regional Catholic School in 2012. [2] St. Bede the Venerable School – Consolidated into St. Katharine Drexel Regional Catholic School in 2012. [2] St. John the Evangelist School (Morrisville) – Closed in 2012. [2] Chester County
They were founded in 1891 by Katharine Drexel as the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. During her life, Saint Katharine used approximately $20 million of her personal fortune to fund SBS-staffed schools for Native Americans and African Americans ; her wealth passed on to other charitable organizations following ...
The high school, Xavier Prep, remained in operation until 2013; today, St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School operates from the same location.) In 1917, Xavier expanded to include a normal school to provide training for black teachers, as Archbishop James H. Blenk was eager for graduates to teach at six planned new black parishes. [3]
The school is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Regional Community of New York. Annual tuition is approximately $11,000. There is also a general fee of $800 for Grade 9 students and $650 for Grades 10–12, which covers a school-leased iPad , a graphic calculator (grade 9), and other necessities.
Students enroll from counties in Central and Northern New Jersey, as well as from nearby New York City. The school has a faculty of 83 that includes two Jesuits, 71 lay teachers, and 10 counselors, seven of whom work on college placement. Tuition for the 2023–24 school year is $22,442, while mandatory fees total $1,300. [4]
The entrance to the shrine of Katherine Drexel in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator.
St. Elizabeth's Convent was a historic Roman Catholic convent located at 1663 Bristol Pike in Cornwells Heights, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.From 1892 to 2017 it served as the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, founded by St. Katharine Drexel as the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People.