‘It Still Gives Me the Chills’: This Man’s Ear Was Miraculously Healed, Thanks to St. Katharine Drexel

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The miraculous healing of Bob Gutherman’s eardrum provided the first of two miracles that led to Katharine Drexel being declared a saint.



St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) is the founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and is known for founding schools and missions to serve blacks and Indians. She was beatified by Pope St. John Paul II in 1988 and canonized in 2000. Bob Gutherman of Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, was present for both ceremonies. Not only is he personally devoted to Mother Katharine, but it was the miraculous healing of his eardrum through her intercession that provided the first of two miracles which led to her being declared a saint.



Tell me the story of your healing.

I was 14 years old and in the 9th grade in 1974, when I developed a severe ear infection. I had been to a series of different doctors, who were treating it as a normal ear infection. I was in severe pain. It affected by right ear.

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‘It Still Gives Me the Chills’: This Man’s Ear Was Miraculously Healed, Thanks to St. Katharine Drexel

The miraculous healing of Bob Gutherman’s eardrum provided the first of two miracles that led to Katharine Drexel being declared a saint.

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