Black History Month- St Kateri Tekakwitha

Name -  St Kateri Tekakwitha

Born – 1656

Died - 17^th April, 1680 (aged 24 years)

Veneration – Roman Catholic Church.

Beatified - 22^nd June, 1980

Canonised – 21^st October 21, 2012

Feast – 17^th April  (Canada); 14^th July  (United States)

Patronage –ecologists, ecology, environment, environmentalism, environmentalists, loss of parents, people in exile, people ridiculed for their piety, Native Americans, Igorots,Cordilleras, Thomasites, Northern Luzon, Diocese of Bangued,Vicariate of Tabuk,Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe,Diocese of Baguio, Philippines

Attributes- Lily; Turtle; Rosary

St Kateri Tekakwitha was the daughter of a Mohawk chief. She chose her Catholic faith and got baptised at the age of nineteen. Rejecting marriage she chose a life of spirituality.

Links –

https://web.archive.org/web/20110725115715/http://www.thelifeofkateritekakwitha.net/en/pc/chapter1.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/nyregion/pope-canonizes-kateri-tekewitha-and-marianne-cope.html

http://www.wampumchronicles.com/alilyamongthornsspeech.html