Saint Katharine Drexel Parish was established by the Most Reverend David A. Zubik, Bishop of Pittsburgh on January 8, 2017, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. The Reverend Edward Yuhas and the Reverend Paul Grunebach were appointed by Bishop Zubick as the first priests to serve Saint Katharine Drexel Parish.
Saint Katharine Drexel Parish is a result of a merger between the predecessor parishs of: Ave Maria-Bentleyville, Saint Agnes-Richeyville, Saint Joseph-Roscoe, Saint Oliver Plunkett-Fredericktown-Marianna, and Saint Thomas Aquinas-California.
Saint Katharine Drexel is a native of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, born in 1858 and raised in Philadelphia, where shealso lived her whole life. She was a religious woman in consecrated life who founded an order dedicated to the education of African and Native Americans. Saint Katharine Drexel served her novitiate with the Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh. She was canonized a saint in the Great Jubilee Year 2000 by Pope Saint John Paul II and Saint Katharine Drexel is the patron saint of racial justice and philanthropists.
Bentleyville Main Church Richeyville Mission Church
126 Church St., Bentleyville, PA 15314 4 Church St., Richeyville, PA 15358
Drexel Hall
208 Abromaitis St., Bentleyville, PA 15314