St. Kateri Tekakwitha was a Mohawk convert to Catholicism. Her natural disposition inclined her to be shy and to not speak much. She was instructed in her Catechism orally, with pictures and with hymns as most of the Indians were at that time. …
Saint Kateri: The Lily at the Foot of the Cross…
This Biography is an abridgment of The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha published in 1891 by Ellen Wallworth, that has been cut, edited, rearranged and sometimes supplemented with the Editor’s (Noah Moerbeek) own remarks, ideas and expressions.
Her Happiness is in the Cross
Saint Kateri’s illness and holy death and apparitions of her after her death.
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Reflection on the Chapter : What earthly pleasure could make Saint Kateri want to remain here on earth.
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Reflection on Chapter: Will you recoil in terror at this chapter? The bodily penances that Saint Kateri Tekakwitha practiced were truly heroic and it is in the virtue of penance that she stands out among the Saints and servants of God.
A True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Saint Kateri meets some nuns and plans to start her own convent. When the convent idea is not able to work, she persists in asking to take a vow of virginity.
Reflections on Chapter: After taking her vow of perpetual virginity Saint Kateri finally feels free. …
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A Heavy Cross
Saint Kateri endures an unjust accusations against her.
Our Lord Jesus Christ was accused of being a blasphemer and using the power of the devils by the Pharisees. Could a person think of a worst insult to Christ?
A Garden of Grace
Saint Kateri’s devotions, First Holy Communion, love of her people and her good works.
One of the things that impressed me most in this chapter was the piety of this community of Christian Iroquois at the Jesuit Mission.…
A Journey and a new Companion
Her escape with Hot Ashes; arrival at the Iroquois colony, and introduction to the Priests there. A spiritual friend, Anastasia, and her growth in holiness.
May God Bless those friends that he puts in our path that help us grow in holiness. …
A New Name and a New Life
Kateri’s encounter with Father de Lamberville when she was 18. Her fervent conversion and her early baptism.
After a year of desiring and striving to be given the opportunity for baptism in a chapel adorned with Elk skins and wildflowers out humble maiden receives the life giving waters of baptism surrounded by her kinsmen.…
Tekakwitha set aside for Christ
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Kateri’s first encounter with Christianity and early resistance to marriage, her patience and natural virtues.
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Tekakwitha as a young child : Her Family and Her people, her Mothers Christianity, the death of her parents and her living with her new family.
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St Kateri was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 and Patron Saint of North Americas New Evangelization. Learn about St Kateri Tekakwithas brave confession of the Catholic faith in the face of persecution, her fervent prayers and intense penances.
Introduction : The Brutal Martyrdom of Isaac Jogues, The Brutal Martyrdom of the Roman Martyrs, The worship of false Gods and the Light of Christianity
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In this chapter of our Catholic Audiobook we learn of heroic Martyrdom of St Isaac Jogues at the hands of the pagan Native Americans.
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In a few weeks on October 21, 2012, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha will be canonized. What will the world say when she is canonized? If current articles on her are any indication, she is “known for” teaching children and caring for the sick, and that she had a streak of feminism in her [2].