Saint Kateri Tekakwitha also known as

• Catherine Tekakwitha
• Lily of the Mohawks
• Tegakouita,
Tegakwitha

Born in
1656 at Osserneon (Auriesville), modern New York, USA
Daughter of a Christian Algonquin woman captured by Iroquois and married to a non-Christian Mohawk chief, Orphaned during a smallpox epidemic, which left her with a scarred face and impaired eyesight, Converted and baptized in 1676 by Father Jacques de Lamberville, a Jesuit missionary.
Shunned and abused by relatives for her faith, Escaped through 200 miles of wilderness to the Christian Native American village of Sault-Sainte-Marie,
Took a vow of chastity in 1679.
Known for spirituality and austere lifestyle,Miracle worker. Her grave became a pilgrimage site and place of miracles for Christian Native Americans and French colonists.
First Native American proposed for canonization, her cause was started in 1884 under Pope Leo XIII. The Tekakwitha Conference, an international association of Native American Catholics and those in ministry with them, was named for her.
Saint was Canonized on 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI, the canonization miracle involved the cure of a boy suffering from a flesh-eating bacteria



Representations

Lilly
Turtle
Rosary

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha symbols are

Saint Kateri holding a cross – represents Kateri’s holiness and devotion to the suffering of Jesus

Saint Kateri with a turtle – honors the Turtle Clan of her tribe

Saint Kateri holding a rosary – represents her love of prayer

Saint Kateri holding lilies – represents her purity

Saint Kateri holding feathers – honors her Native American tribe

Saint Kateri with a small tree – represents the tree of peace, a symbol of her culture


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