1. SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA Canonization October 21, 2012

2. At the Vatican in Rome, Italy our Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha became one of seven Blesseds who were named Saint

3. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha 1654 – 1680 Mohawk Algonquin Native Jesus, I love You Kateris last words on earth

4. Pope Benedict XVI pronounced all the seven Blesseds as Saints on this day

5. The seven new saints St. Kateri Tekakwitha St. Marianne Cope St. Pedro Calungsod St. Father Jacques Berthieu St. Father Giovanni Battista Piamarta St. Sister Carmen Salles Barangueras St. Anna Schaffer

6. The crowd was estimated at 80,000 people

7. Many were dressed in Native clothes

8. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Lily of the Mohawks Flower of the Algonquins Pray for us

9. At the Vatican in Rome Italy October 21, 2012 A Saints Day to Remember

10. The oldest portrait of Kateri Tekakwitha an oil painting by Father Chauchetière S.J. painted between 1682 – 1693 It hangs in the sacristy of St. Francis-Xavier Church on the Kanawaké Mohawk Reservation on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River near Montréal, Québec

11. SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA Canonization October 21, 2012