Celebrate
Kateri Canonization!
Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, will canonize the first Native American saint, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, on October 21, 2012 in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
“We’ve been waiting for this for so long. Now that it’s here, it’s unbelievable. We’re overjoyed! …With the elevation of one of our own to the altars, the universal Church will know that we have a person from our community who has climbed to the heights of holiness and attained a deep relationship with God.”
-Sister Kateri Mitchell, S.S.A., Executive Director, National Tekakwitha Conference (link to article)
Click here for more information on the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions’ Official Canonization Pilgrimage to Rome.
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