Two of the new saints were Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first American Indian saint from the United States, and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for leprosy ...

The Mass would be held in honor of Kateri Tekakwitha ... “She was always Indian. She never forgot.” Within the Six Nations, Kateri was quickly regarded as a saint. It took the church more ...

Kateri Tekakwitha was named the first Native American saint today by Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony held in St. Peter’s Square. Some 80,000 people came to the open-air ceremony as the 17th ...

Father Wayne Paysse, executive director of the Black and Indian Mission ... On Easter Sunday in 1676, Tekakwitha was baptized and took the name Kateri, in honor of St. Catherine of Siena, the ...

She grew up hearing stories about Kateri Tekakwitha ... the first Native American named a Catholic saint. She was born during a time of independent Indian nations interacting with the Dutch ...

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha will be the first Native American saint when she is canonized by ... finally know what the small community of Mohawk Indian Christians witnessed in 1680: Kateri ...

In her brief lifetime, Kateri Tekakwitha inspired ... t really recognized the Indian people.” The Kateri Circle was formed 30 years ago to spread the word about the saint-to-be as well as ...

the first American Indian to be canonized a saint. The Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda, New York, honors not only the life of St. Kateri, whose feast day is July ...

He beseeched the young Indian woman who will soon become Saint Kateri. Claims were vetted ... She was given the name Tekakwitha, a native word denoting her poor vision, She defied Mohawk culture ...