KATERI TEKAWITHA...."THE LILLY OF THE MOHAWKS" WILL BE MADE A SAINT IN A FEW WEEKS.....SHE WILL BE THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN SAINT...
SHE WAS EDUCATED Y THE JESUITS WHO CAME TO NEW YORK COLONY AND LOWER CANADA IN THE 1600S-----SHE CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM AND SERVED HER PEOPLE AND IS KNOW FOR HER CHASTITY AND GOOD WORKS-----SHE DIED AT ONLY 24 AND THE POPE AS FINALLY GOING TO RAISE HER TO SAINTHOOD STATUS ...THIS FOLLOWS AUSTRALIA AND INDIAS GETTING FEMALE SAINTS---FOR THOSE WHO COLLECT MEDALS THEY ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP ..TYPE IN HER NAME AND READ ABOUT HERLIFE--VERY INTERESTING...........I CANNOT FIND MY PICTURE OF ST ALPHONSA OF INDIA BUT I FEEL SIR GEORGE CAN POST IT....THANKSAND PEACE TO ALL