Saint Kateri Tekawitha

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine Tekakwitha and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks, was an Algonquin-Mohawk woman born in present-day New York state who became well known as a Catholic religious lay woman.

She was canonized a saint in the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012, the first Native American saint. Eighty thousand people attended the ceremony in St. Peter's Square in Rome. Pope Benedict declared on recognizing her sainthood,

"May her example help us to live where we are, loving Jesus without denying who we are."

Born: 1656 in Auriesvile

Died: April 17, 1680 in Kahnawake

Feast Day: July 14

Patron of the environment and ecology

A statue of Saint Kateri Tekawitha is placed at the steps of Holy Cross School at San Buenaventura Mission to honor the local Native American Chumash people who helped build and sustain the Mission until the 1840's. Turtles form the base of her statue giving testimony to her lineage as a Mohawk, the Tribe of the turtle.

Click here to learn more about Saint Kateri Tekawitha.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Accumsan lacus vel facilisis volutpat. Scelerisque eu ultrices vitae auctor eu augue ut lectus arcu. Ac feugiat sed lectus vestibulum mattis ullamcorper velit sed ullamcorper. Porttitor massa id neque aliquam vestibulum. Accumsan in nisl nisi scelerisque. Ultricies leo integer malesuada nunc. Sagittis nisl rhoncus mattis rhoncus. Id diam vel quam elementum pulvinar. Lorem mollis aliquam ut porttitor leo a diam. Diam vulputate ut pharetra sit amet aliquam id diam. Sagittis nisl rhoncus mattis rhoncus. Dolor sed viverra ipsum nunc aliquet bibendum enim. Eu feugiat pretium nibh ipsum consequat. Arcu risus quis varius quam quisque id diam vel. Sem fringilla ut morbi tincidunt augue interdum. Quam nulla porttitor massa id neque aliquam vestibulum.



Volutpat diam ut venenatis tellus in metus vulputate eu. Tellus pellentesque eu tincidunt tortor aliquam nulla facilisi cras fermentum. Ac tincidunt vitae semper quis lectus. Orci a scelerisque purus semper. Aenean sed adipiscing diam donec adipiscing. Aliquet risus feugiat in ante metus dictum at. Euismod elementum nisi quis eleifend quam. Tortor vitae purus faucibus ornare suspendisse sed nisi lacus. Augue interdum velit euismod in pellentesque massa placerat. Tortor posuere ac ut consequat semper. Enim eu turpis egestas pretium aenean pharetra magna ac placerat. Fermentum iaculis eu non diam. Maecenas accumsan lacus vel facilisis volutpat. Scelerisque purus semper eget duis at tellus at urna condimentum. Ac orci phasellus egestas tellus rutrum tellus. Tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. In vitae turpis massa sed elementum tempus. Elementum integer enim neque volutpat ac tincidunt vitae semper quis. Cras adipiscing enim eu turpis egestas pretium aenean. Adipiscing commodo elit at imperdiet dui.