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KATERI TEKAKWITHA
The First Native American Saint
EARLY LIFE
Born in 1656 to an
Algonquin Catholic
woman and a Mohawk
Chief.
Entire Family Killed at
age of four, do to
smallpox outbreak.
Adopted by uncle, who
is also a Mohawk chief
EARLY LIFE CONTINUED
At age eight she is promised to a young Mohawk boy.
Does not want to be married because she wants to dedicate her life to God.
At age ten her village is attacked be a French and Indian war party.
Moves to Caughnawagawere she lives for the next ten years.
CONVERSION
When Kateri is eighteen a Jesuit Missionary, named Father de Lamberville, establishes a Chapel within the Village.
Kateri is Baptized at the age of twenty by Father de Lamberville on Easter Sunday.
She is given the name Catherine, which is Kateri in Iroquois.
THE ESCAPE
In July 1677 Kateri
leaves Caughnawaga
to escape persicution
in her village.
She goes to a Catholic
Mission for Catholic
Native
Americans, called St.
Francis Xavier at Sault
Saint-Louis, near
Montreal.
LIFE IN THE MISSION
Kateri would help the sick and poor.
She would fashion wooden crosses and put them in the woods to remind her to pray to God.
She told stories about the Life of Jesus Christ to people.
March 25, 1679: Kateri makes her vow of Perpetual Virginity.
DEATH
Kateri dies in 1680 at the age of 24, do to health problems.
Kateri’s final words were, “Jesus, I love You.”
Her face is miraculously cleared of pox marks, that she received as a child during the smallpox epidemic in Ossernenon .
PRINCIPLES TO LEARN FROM KATERI
Kateri dedicated her
Life to serving God by
taking care of His
children through
example of
prayer, good
deeds, teaching about
Jesus Christ, helping
the sick and poor, and
taking a vow of
perpetual virginity.
EXTRA INFORMATION
Kateri Tekakwitha was
declared Blessed by
the Catholic Church in
1980 by Pope John
Paul II.
She is being
Canonized a Saint on
October 21, 2012.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Kateri+Tekakwitha&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=955&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=Mi8wJzTC0YvmQM:&imgrefurl=http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/blessed_kateri_tekakwitha&docid=8HgXWH6x9eJtcM&imgurl=http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/images/dailyBlog/blog/cache/kateri-260x334.jpg&w=260&h=334&ei=iAizT4XaIKWh6gGFq7nGCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=545&vpy=274&dur=226&hovh=255&hovw=198&tx=126&ty=136&sig=105675124543784340117&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=108&start=0&ndsp=65&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0,i:109
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwOcYWLFBCg
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http://www.katerishrine.com/kateri.html
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Kateri+Tekakwitha&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1920&bih=955&tbm=isch&tbnid=x9_fZ0gpNepkeM:&imgrefurl=http://www.kateritekakwitha.org/kateri/prayers.htm&docid=qoL3DtvVTUnKEM&imgurl=http://www.kateritekakwitha.org/kateri/katerix2.jpg&w=202&h=266&ei=WRazT7K3Ecj06AG5sazOCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=683&vpy=296&dur=972&hovh=212&hovw=161&tx=78&ty=104&sig=105675124543784340117&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=106&start=0&ndsp=65&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0,i:111
BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTINUED
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Kateri+Tekakwitha&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1920&bih=955&tbm=isch&tbnid=x9_fZ0gpNepkeM:&imgrefurl=http://www.kateritekakwitha.org/kateri/prayers.htm&docid=qoL3DtvVTUnKEM&imgurl=http://www.kateritekakwitha.org/kateri/katerix2.jpg&w=202&h=266&ei=WRazT7K3Ecj06AG5sazOCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=683&vpy=296&dur=972&hovh=212&hovw=161&tx=78&ty=104&sig=105675124543784340117&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=106&start=0&ndsp=65&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0,i:111
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Caughnawaga&start=52&um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=912&tbm=isch&tbnid=TNtdg4ZnGmmMVM:&imgrefurl=http://interactive.wxxi.org/highlights/2010/10/brooklyn-and-back-mohawk-journey&docid=SBzaKFC-pVRm3M&imgurl=http://interactive.wxxi.org/files/images/highlights/BrooklynBack.JPG&w=3208&h=2400&ei=BBuzT-edF--K6QHVu-W3CQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1292&vpy=558&dur=3484&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=75&ty=117&sig=105675124543784340117&page=2&tbnh=139&tbnw=185&ndsp=63&ved=1t:429,r:60,s:52,i:65
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=baptism&num=10&um=1&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=955&tbm=isch&tbnid=YwA36TROX3I-1M:&imgrefurl=http://www.faithluth.org/flcbaptism.html&docid=pFFehxntHdr_4M&imgurl=http://www.faithluth.org/JesusBaptism.jpg&w=1024&h=768&ei=eh2zT5jPB8P56QH1vuyfCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=560&vpy=180&dur=6678&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=190&ty=131&sig=105675124543784340117&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=168&start=0&ndsp=50&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:144
http://conservation.catholic.org/kateri.htm
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=escaping+from+prison&hl=en&sa=X&gbv=2&biw=1920&bih=912&tbm=isch&tbnid=Z1ai-9CawAfUMM:&imgrefurl=http://www.amazon.com/Trooper-Tragedy/dp/B005MWQJHE&docid=9wYECFcizxlqNM&imgurl=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51spl7A1-qL._SX500_.jpg&w=500&h=375&ei=diGzT7_GH6j06AGM86ySCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=403&sig=105675124543784340117&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=171&start=0&ndsp=56&ved=1t:429,r:33,s:0,i:142&tx=73&ty=80
BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTINUED
http://gulib.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/guac/davis_02/davis_bourgeoys_nd.htm
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