1. Saint KATERI TEKAKWITHA Patron of NATIVE AMERICANS
Feast: July 14
Lived:
Venerated: 1943
Beatified: June 22, 1980
Canonization: Oct.21,2012

2. 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

3. “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

4. FONDA, NEW YORK Her grave became a pilgrimage site
miracles for Christian Native Americans and French Colonists

5. Miracle worker
At the moment of her death, Jesuits reported her scars vanished
Cured boy of flesh eating bacteria

6. Saint KATERI TEKAKWITHA Patron of NATIVE AMERICANS
Canonization: Oct.21,2012
16min YouTube for Kateri