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A Cross–cultural Spiritual Explorer
Sister Kateri Mitchell was born and raised at the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation along the St. Lawrence River. She grew up hearing stories about Kateri Tekakwitha, the 17th–century Mohawk woman who was declared a saint in the Roman Catholic Church on October 21. Hundreds of people visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, NY on Saturday, July 21, 2012. The shrine is the site of the 17th–century Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Three French Jesuit missionaries were martyred there in bringing the Catholic faith to the new world. A stained glass window of Kateri Tekakwitha is in the Martyrs and Kateri Chapels. Kateri, a Mohawk, was born here.
Renee K. Gadoua
