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Saint Kateri was born in Upstate N.Y. in 1656 to a Christian Algonquin woman who had been given as a captive to her father, a Mohawk chief. Her family was ravaged by smallpox when she was 4 years old and she lost both of her parents and her brother. She survived with disfiguring facial scars and such weak eyesight that she was given the name Tekakwitha, meaning ‘ she who bumps into things.’![](http://thejamesrefuge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/starrry-tekeakwitha2-png-this-one-web-855x1024.png)
At 18, Kateri joined the Catholic church. Her family allowed it, but they were staunchly against Christianity. Kateri was ridiculed and shamed constantly due to her faith . Because she would not work on Sundays she was not allowed to eat on that day.![](http://thejamesrefuge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Teckawitha-glowing.png)
Ins spite of constant pressure and derision, Kateri remained faithful to Christ.
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The scorn around her built up to the point where her life was threatened and she fled, walking almost 200 miles to a Christian Native Settlement in Canada.
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After suffering a long illness, she died at the age of 23. Her last words were ‘ I love you Jesus’.
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It was reported by witnesses, that after her death her facial scars disappeared and she was radiant.![starry-takeri-paler](http://thejamesrefuge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/starry-takeri-paler-862x1024.png)
She is the Patron Saint of the Environment, and is known as The Lily of the Mohawks![](http://thejamesrefuge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Saint-Kateri-Tekakwitha.gif)
She is the first Native American Saint.
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More info http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1444
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