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t. e. Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is a private historically black Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic HBCU and, upon the canonization of Katharine Drexel in 2000, became the first Catholic university founded by a saint.
- Xavier University of Louisiana: The Full Story
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- Sister Monica Loughlin, SBS: Story of Xavier
Being America’s only Historically Black and Catholic University is just the first of the distinctions that have set Xavier University of Louisiana apart for more than eight decades. Despite its relatively small size (3,300 students), Xavier is a nationally recognized leader in the STEM and health sciences fields, producing more African American stu...
The 1890s The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament are established by Katharine Drexel, who dedicated her life to working with Native Americans and African Americans. She was canonized a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 2003. The 1910s Xavier was founded as a college preparatory school by Katharine Drexel and SBS in New Orleans on Magazine Street....
The following is a presentation on Xavier's Mission by the late Sr. Monica Loughlin, SBS, herself a '69 graduate who served at Xavier for 45 years in a wide variety of faculty and staff positions, including her last post as Assistant to the President for Catholic Identity and Mission Integration. Originally offered in October 2007 at an orientation...
Feb 12, 2018 · By Mary Farrow. New Orleans, La., Feb 12, 2018 / 12:00 pm. Of the 106 historically black colleges in the United States, only one is Roman Catholic - Xavier University of Louisiana. But Xavier is ...
March 3, 1955, Cornwells Heights (aged 96) St. Katharine Drexel (born November 26, 1858, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 3, 1955, Cornwells Heights; feast day [U.S.] March 3) was the American founder of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament), a congregation of missionary ...
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In 1966, the order reconstituted the University as a separate corporation and transferred all the real property to it. Norman C. Francis, a Xavier alumnus, became the first lay person and the first black person to be president of the university on June 26, 1968. He also became one of the earliest lay presidents of any Catholic college in America.
The total enrollment at St. Francis College is 2,489, of which 38% are male and 62% are female. St. Francis College has been ranked by The New York Times as one of the more diverse colleges in the United States. [37] 85% of students enrolled are below the age of 24. Below is the 2020 enrollment data for St. Francis College by race and ethnicity ...
Katharine Mary Drexel, born on November 26, 1858, into one of the wealthiest families in Philadelphia was destined to be a socialite and a member of privileged society. He father, Francis A. Drexel and his brothers owned an international banking empire. Francis Drexel’s estate was worth $15.5 million at the time of his death 1885. Katharine and her two sisters inherited $14 million from ...
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