Mrs. Louise (Drexel) Morrell, the sister of St. Katherine Drexel, died on this day. Mrs. Morrell was the guiding force behind Lasallian ministries at St. Francis Vocational School (Eddington, PA) for at-risk boys and at St. Emma’s (Belmead, VA) for African-American young men. She became an Affiliated (honorary) Member of the Institute.
Bro. Angelus Gabriel, The History of the Christian Brothers in the United States, 1848-1948 (NY: Declan McMullen, 1948), pp. 276-277..
