Kateri Tekakwitha was never blinded. However, her eyesight was seriously impaired when she suffered from small pox as a small child.
There is no record of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha being blinded during her lifetime. She did face various challenges and hardships, including smallpox that damaged her eyesight, but there are no accounts of her being completely blind.
Saint Kateri is the patron of:ecologistsecologyenvironmentenvironmentalismenvironmentalistsexilesloss of parentspeople ridiculed for their piety
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 in present-day New York. She was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman, who converted to Christianity and is now recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
The feast of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha is celebrated on July 14.
Blessed Kateri TekakwithaBlessed Kateri Tekakwitha is not yet a saint. However, she is in the final stage of canonization. Her father was Mohawk and her mother Algonguin.
Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 in what is today the state of New York.
Her symbol is a a lily.
No. It is the lily.
Kateri Tekakwitha was half Mohawk and half Algonquin. She has not yet been canonized but is known as Blessed Kateri.
Kateri Tekakwitha was a virgin and never married. Priests and monks, likewise, do not marry.
Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha are the patron saints of ecology and the environment.
A wonderful choice as a patron saint of your confirmation.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon in present-day New York, USA.