Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was recently canonized. She is a 17th century Mohawk Indian maiden who converted to Christianity. She was originally from the northeast United States but moved to Canada and died there.
The feast of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha is celebrated on July 14.
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.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was not formally educated in a school setting. She learned about her faith from Jesuit missionaries and through personal reflection and prayer.
Saint Kateri is the patron of:ecologistsecologyenvironmentenvironmentalismenvironmentalistsexilesloss of parentspeople ridiculed for their piety
Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha are the patron saints of ecology and the environment.
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.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha - Her father was from the Mohawk tribe but her mother was Algonquin.
Kateri Tekakwitha was born in the year 1656, the actual date is not known.
Kateri Tekakwitha was half Mohawk and half Algonquin.