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KATERI TEKAKWITHA

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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BORN IN AURIESVILLE, NEW YORK, IN THE YEAR 1656

HER MOTHER DIED OF SMALLPOX WHEN SHE VERY YOUNG (4 YEARS OLD)

A DECEASE ATTACKED HER AND TRANSFIGURED HER FACE

SHE WAS ADOPTED BY HER 2 AUNTS AND UNCLE

SHE WAS CONVERTED AS A TEEN AND BAPTIZED AT THE AGE OF 20

SHE WENT TO A NEW CHRISTIAN COLONY OF INDIANS IN CANADA

SHE TOOK CARE OF THE SICK IN AGE

SHE OPENED THE DOORS OF THE CHAPEL UNTIL THE LAST MASS

She died April, 17th , 1680 at age of 24

SHE WAS KNOWN AS LILY OF THE MOHAWKS

MINISTERS IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES, ALL OVER UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

BECAUSE OF HER DEVOTION, THEY ESTABLISHED NATIVE AMERICA