Canada National Saint Kateri Shrine

October 21, 2022

10th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

On October 23, 2022, the Shrine celebrated a special Mass in honor of the 10th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Kateri

A statue of the saint belonging to the Parish of St. Jacques (Embrun, ON) was brought to the Sanctuary to be blessed

The Sanctuary also welcomed a group from the Abenaki community of Odanak (Qc) led by Mrs. Thérèse O'Bomsawin

october 21, 2012

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Canonization

October 22, 2012

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha thanksgiving Mass

St-John Lateran Basilica, Rome, Italy
November 6, 2012

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Thanksgiving Mass

The Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was celebrated in Montreal, at the Saint Joseph Oratory
October 21, 2012

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks, is proclaimed Saint 

Under the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, she was beatified in 1980 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica on 21 October 2012. Various miracles and supernatural events are attributed to her intercession.

On December 19, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI approved the second miracle needed for Kateri's canonization. The authorized miracle dates from 2006, when a young boy in Washington state survived a severe flesh-eating bacterium. Doctors had been unable to stop the progress of the disease by surgery and advised his parents he was likely to die. The boy received the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick from a Catholic priest. As the boy is half Lummi Indian, the parents said they prayed to Tekakwitha for divine intercession, as did their family and friends, and an extended network contacted through their son's classmates. Sister Kateri Mitchell visited the boy's bedside and placed a relic of Tekakwitha, a bone fragment, against his body and prayed together with his parents.The next day, the infection stopped its progression.

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In Her Footsteps

The story of Kateri Tekakwitha

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