Tekakwitha

American  

[tek-uh-kwith-uh] / ˌtɛk əˈkwɪθ ə /

noun

1. Kateri or Catherine, 1656–80, North American Indian ascetic; convert to Roman Catholicism.

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Tekakwitha

Those windows were later installed upstate, in the new St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, in LaGrangeville.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021

Ms. Shenandoah sang for the Dalai Lama and South African leader Nelson Mandela, and in 2012 she appeared at the Vatican to honor the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2021

Thiel hopes Black Elk’s canonization proceeds faster than the 332 years it took for Tekakwitha following her death.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2016

One Native convert to Catholicism, a Mohawk woman named Kateri Tekakwitha, so impressed the priests with her piety that a Jesuit named Claude Chauchetière attempted to make her a saint in the Church.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

Not alone among the Indians of the West, but far away to the East, and beyond the Atlantic Ocean, the name of Kateri Tekakwitha is often spoken.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth

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