The Stained Glass at St. Anne
We resume our series of articles on the stained-glass windows that adorn our beautiful church and return to the windows located on the north wall (to your right, as you enter the church). Knowing a bit more about these beautiful works of art will, we hope, enhance your prayer and worship here at St. Anne.
The window closest to the back of the church celebrates
St. Katherine Drexel. Born in 1858, Katherine grew up on a
90-acre estate near Philadelphia and, while wealthy, the family taught her the value of charity. A family trip to the western United States first awakened in Katherine an awareness of indigenous American people and their struggles and, in an 1886 audience with Pope Leo XIII, was urged to become a missionary to minorities.
Reading about her life and work, her founding of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and the many schools she founded can be inspirational.
St. Katherine truly lived out the passage from the parable of the Last Judgement in Matthew 25:40, “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.”
What are you doing for “the least of these”?
