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April 28, 2019

St. Kateri rallies Indigenous spirit

Lily Hunter, with her daughter Kateri, who was named in honour of the Indigenous saint, lays flowers in the Cathedral in St. Paul. St. Kateri was canonized in 2012.

ST. PAUL, ALTA. - Canada’s first Indigenous saint left such an impact on Lily Hunter that she named her newborn daughter after her.

Published in Canada
July 18, 2018

Young indigenous Canadians celebrate beloved St. Kateri as 'one among us'

Young people from Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Parish in Maskwacis, Alberta, perform a play based on the life of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. It was part of a July 14 Mass and celebration honoring North America's first indigenous saint.
MASKWACIS, Alberta – Young. Indigenous. Committed to the Catholic faith.
Published in Canada
October 20, 2012

Boy’s recovery a Kateri miracle

Sr. Kateri Mitchell embraces Jake Finkbonner during Mass for the 73rd annual Tekakwitha Conference at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y., July 21.

When then five-year-old Jake Finkbonner showed up to play his last basketball game of the season in Ferndale, Wash., he had no idea it would change his life and lead to events that would culminate in the canonization of a saint. 

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