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SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin 1656–1680 July 14—Memorial (U.S.A.) Liturgical Color: White Patron Saint of Canada and orphans Tough as a hide, pure as a fawn Kateri (Iroquois for “Catherine”) Tekakwitha lived a short life of twenty-four years, the same age attained by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux when she died. Kateri’s father was a pagan Mohawk Chief and her mother a Christian Algonquin. The Mohawk people were the easternmost tribe of the larger Iroquois Confederacy. Her younger b

Get to know St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks, the first canonized Native American saint! she is a model of purity and perseverance in the midst of persecution and hardship. Watch the EWTN Original, "Kateri: All for Christ" July 12-15 at 5:30 p.m. ET - See the full program schedule in your local time - http://bit.ly/EWTNtv #EWTN #Catholic #prayforus | EWTN