Saint KATERI TEKAKWITHA Patron of NATIVE AMERICANS Feast: July 14 Lived: 1656-1680 Venerated: 1943 Beatified: June 22, 1980 Canonization: Oct.21,2012
Saint KATERI TEKAKWITHA “Lily of the Mohawks” Daughter of a Christian Algonquin woman Captured by Iroquois Father was Mohawk chief Orphaned during a small pox epidemic Scarred and sight was impaired Converted and baptized by Jesuit missionary
“Lily of the Mohawks” Saint KATERI TEKAKWITHA Shunned and abused by relatives for her faith Escaped through 200 miles of wilderness Vow of chastity -1679 Her cause was started in 1884 under Pope Leo XIII
FONDA, NEW YORK Her grave became a pilgrimage site miracles for Christian Native Americans and French Colonists
Miracle worker At the moment of her death, Jesuits reported her scars vanished Cured boy of flesh eating bacteria
Saint KATERI TEKAKWITHA Patron of NATIVE AMERICANS Canonization: Oct.21,2012 16min YouTube for Kateri http://www.cccb.ca/site/eng/component/content/article/64/3375-canonization-of-kateri-tekakwitha-21-october-2012 http://www.romereports.com/palio/popes-homily-onkateri-tekakwitha-the-first-native-american-saint-english-8036.html#.UIP3acXA_nk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCw5lS4wibA&NR=1&feature=endscreen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JryFRIxKWq0&feature=youtu.be http://www.cccb.ca/site/eng/church-in-canada-and-world/catholic-church-in-canada/indigenous-peoples/3263-blessed-kateri-tekakwitha?format=pdf http://www.cccb.ca/site/images/stories/KateriTekakwitha_Rosica_EN.pdf http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/kateri-tekakwitha-becomes-north-americas-first-native-saint/article4626652/?service=print http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/21/14591532-kateri-tekakwitha-named-first-native-american-saint-in-vatican-ceremony?lite