Portrait of Catherine Tekawitha, c. 1690, by Father Chauchetière
Virgin[1]
Born
1656 Ossernenon, New York
Baptized
18 April 1676
Died
17 April 1680 (aged 24) Kahnawake (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Beatified
22 June 1980, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
21 October 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Feast
17 April[2] 14 July (United States)
Attributes
Lily; Turtle; Rosary
Patronage
environment; ecology[3]
Controversy
Pressure to marry against will, shunned for her Catholic beliefs
Kateri Tekakwitha (pronounced[ˈɡaderideɡaˈɡwita] in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine, and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Catholic saint and virgin who was a Mohawk. Born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day New York State, she contracted smallpox in an epidemic; her family died and her face was scarred. She converted to Catholicism at age nineteen. She took a vow of perpetual virginity, left her village, and moved for the remaining five years of her life to the Jesuit mission village of Kahnawake, just south of Montreal. She was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica on 21 October 2012.
KateriTekakwitha (pronounced [ˈɡaderi deɡaˈɡwita] in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine, and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks...
residence in Montréal. He is known for writing multiple biographies about KateriTekakwitha which contributed to her canonization in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI...
In 1940, its participants named the meeting, the Tekakwitha Conference, in honor of KateriTekakwitha. At the annual meetings, priests, religious brothers...
bronze statue of KateriTekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks, by artist Cynthia Hitschler. It was dedicated July 30, 2008. The work depicts Kateri in native buckskin...
have formed around KateriTekakwitha, who was the first Native American to be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha Conference prayer circles...
United States, where it is known as the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation. KateriTekakwitha, born at Ossernenon in the late 1650s, has become noted as a Mohawk...
in which the person receives particular veneration. For instance, KateriTekakwitha was especially honored in the United States and Canada during her...
School St. John the Apostle School St. KateriTekakwitha Elementary School (formerly known as Blessed KateriTekakwitha School) St. Leonard School St. Luke...
the Mohawk-Caughnawaga museum and the National Shrine of Blessed KateriTekakwitha, who was canonized in the 20th century as the first Native American...
validity of the miracles necessary to proceed with the canonizations of KateriTekakwitha, who would be the first Native American saint; Marianne Cope, a nun...
Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts, and KateriTekakwitha, a Catholic Mohawk religious woman who was canonized in October 2012...
is also found elsewhere in the United States. (e.g., the National KateriTekakwitha Shrine in Fonda, New York and the National Shrine of the North American...
Flames Brooke Stacey, ice hockey player Dexter Stacey, NASCAR driver KateriTekakwitha (1656–1680), born in a village in New York, but lived in Kahnawake...
thanksgiving Mass and enshrined two first class relics of Americans KateriTekakwitha and Marianne Cope, who were both canonized October 20, 2012. Pope...
(declared a saint) by the same pope on October 21, 2012, along with KateriTekakwitha, a 17th-century Native American. Cope is the 11th Catholic active...
Sullivan William Howard Taft Maria Tallchief Maxwell Taylor Tecumseh KateriTekakwitha Shirley Temple Nikola Tesla Jefferson Thomas Henry David Thoreau Jim...
part of the Iroquois missions. There, his most famous convert was KateriTekakwitha. Jacques de Lamberville was born at Rouen in 1641. He joined the Society...
Faustina and Liberata of Como Genevieve Hiltrude of Liessies Joan of Arc KateriTekakwitha Lucy of Syracuse Maria Goretti María de las Maravillas de Jesús Narcisa...
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