An accurate modern religious depiction is the icon of St. Kateri Tekakwitha composed by Canadian iconographer Andre Prevost. 13. Even St. Kateri’s New Life Among Saints Had Its Thorns Even ...

But on Sunday, Kateri Tekakwitha went down in history as ... Native Americans are thrilled to finally have their own saint and icon, others still resent the role of Catholicism during the ...

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 14, but also the life and history of the local ...

853-3033 or www.martyrshrine.org What: Prayer, procession and Mass celebrating Kateri Tekakwitha canonization She will become the first Native American Catholic saint ... and an icon sold on ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sister Kateri Mitchell was born and raised on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation along the St. Lawrence River. She grew up hearing stories about Kateri Tekakwitha, the 17th ...

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 ...

hope and faith was celebrated Sunday as devotees of now-Saint Kateri Tekakwitha cheered her canonization, the first of a Native American Catholic. Born in present-day Auriesville, 40 miles west of ...

St. Kateri Tekakwitha teaches us to live an ordinary holiness and to confront the suffering of life with patience, Pope Francis said on Wednesday. At his weekly public audience Aug. 30 ...

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church in Santa Clarita honored local first responders during a special mass on Saturday evening. Bishop Gerald Wilkerson began the service, while Saint Kateri ...

Some of these facts you may know. Others may surprise you. Here are the first 10 things you should know about St. Kateri Tekakwitha. 1. Without the Jesuit Martyrs, We’d Have No St. Kateri ...