Kateri was born in 1656 near the town of Auriesville, New York, the daughter of a Mohawk warrior. She was baptized by Jesuit missionary Father Jaques de Lambertville on Easter of 1676 at the age of twenty. She devoted her life to prayer, penetentail practices and the care of the sick and aged in Caughnawaga near Montreal (where her relics are now enshrined) She incurred the hostility of her tribe because of her faith. She was devouted to the Eucharist, and to Jesus Crucified, and was called the "Lily of the Mowhawks." She died in 1680 and was beatified June 22, 1980 - the first native American to be declared "Blessed"
Pope Francis
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Kateri was born in 1656 near the town of Auriesville, New York, the daughter of a Mohawk warrior. She was baptized by Jesuit missionary Father Jaques de Lambertville on Easter of 1676 at the age of twenty. She devoted her life to prayer, penetentail practices and the care of the sick and aged in Caughnawaga near Montreal (where her relics are now enshrined) She incurred the hostility of her tribe because of her faith. She was devouted to the Eucharist, and to Jesus Crucified, and was called the "Lily of the Mowhawks." She died in 1680 and was beatified June 22, 1980 - the first native American to be declared "Blessed"
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