Description

‘MY ONLY LOVE’ – KATERI TEKAKWITHA

AVE BEAD: 8mm Labradorite, found in Labrador, Canada and sometimes referred to as “the Northern Lights of the Earth” in the perfect choice for this rosary.

PATER BEAD: 12 mm Green Swarovski crystal reminds us of the lush forest and hills of Kateri’s homeland which is now Auriesville, New York.

CRUCIFIX:  LACY – LILY – vintage, Europe/1910 – 20s – (1.75 in.)

CENTER:  KATERI T – EUROPE / late 19 c – ( .75 in. )

ABOUT KATERI TEKAKWITHA, (1656 1680) Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk: ‘Te-kak-wee-da’ also known as ‘Lily of the Mohawks’ Anglicized as ‘Kateri’ Katherine (1656 April 17, 1680) was a 24 year old Algonquian Native American religious lay woman from New France (present-day New York) and an early convert to Christianity after being shunned by her family and pagan tribe.
Known for her chastity and corporal mortification of the flesh, she is the first Native American woman to be venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha was beatified by the Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1980 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in October 2012.
She followed the generation of saints John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions from the North American Martyrs confirming the ancient belief that ‘the blood of martyrs is the seed of the church (Tertullian (c. 160 c. 220 AD)

THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS IS THE SEED OF THE CHURCH
Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 -1680, also known as the ‘Lily of the Mohawks’ was born in what is now knows as Auriesville New York. Not by chance, the home of the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs. The eight Martyrs died from 1646 to 1649, and it would only be 7 years before Kateri was born, giving life to the words above, the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church (Tertullian (c. 160 c. 220 AD)

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