St. Kateri Tekakwitha
(1656 – 1680) will be canonized this Sunday, 21 October 2012!
St. Kateri
Tekakwitha was a Native American girl born to a Mohawk chief and his Catholic
wife. St. Kateri learned about Jesus from her mother and also from Jesuit
missionaries. She was badly scarred by a disease that also took her family’s
lives. She stayed with an uncle who objected to her faith. So she fled to a
Catholic native village where she helped the sick, did penance for sinners and
lived a life of prayer. St. Kateri
is the patron saint of Native Americans and the environment. Her feast day is
on 17 April (Canada) and 14 July (USA).
Learn more about St. Kateri here
What a lovely way to work with children...today they learn what they will teach their children in the future. Each little baby that God gifts to the world is a reminder that the world will go on. It in turn is our responsibility to lay the road for them to follow to tomorrow.
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Moonstar
I really like the shape of her mouth! This is a real work of art! I love how you can take any saint and make him/her look cute.
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