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Saint Katharine Drexel : the total gift written by Susan Helen Wallace ; illustrated by Barbara Kiwak
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BX 4700 .D77 W35 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallace, Susan Helen, 1940-
- Series:
- Encounter the saints series ; 15.
- Encounter the saints series ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955--Juvenile literature.
- Drexel, Katharine Mary.
- Christian women saints--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Christian women saints.
- Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People.
- Drexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955.
- Saints.
- Women--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 137 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Pauline Books & Media, c2003.
- Summary:
- A biography of the Philadelphia heiress who surrendered her life and fortune to God, founding a new congregation of Catholic sisters--the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament--to minister to the needs of Native Americans and African Americans.
- Contents:
- Hannah's gift
- Life on Walnut Street
- Learning to help
- Happy memories
- The grand tour
- Fireworks!
- Peace in suffering
- Unexpected sorrow
- Friend of the missions
- "Why not you?"
- No turning back
- A share in the cross
- Growing pains
- Southern beginnings
- To the Navajos
- A dream come true
- Louisiana adventures
- When saints meet
- So much to do
- A matter of the heart
- "Do you see the children?"
- Local Notes:
- The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 0819870684 (pbk.)
- 9780819870681 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 51615382
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