St. Kateri Tekakwitha, "Lily of the Mohawks", Unbreakable deals Catholic Chaplet - Patron of Environmentalists, Ecology, Exiles and Orphans

I created this chaplet in the traditional fashion with twenty-four beads to commemorate the twenty-four years of Saint Kateri's life. There are eight each of 8mm brown, red and white Czech crystal beads. I used an Italian St. Kateri center connector and finished it off with a beautifully detailed lily crucifix. I added a feather charm just above the center connector. Each bead has been wrap-looped with nickel silver wire for maximum strength and durability to last a lifetime of normal "wear and prayer." I will include instructions for praying this chaplet (in handmade card form), a St. Kateri Tekakwitha holy card and a lovely organza pouch, plus a very special surprise thank you gift with your purchase.

A.K.A:
Catherine Tekakwitha
Lily of the Mohawks
Protectress of Canada
Tegakouita
Tegakwitha

Memorials:
17 April
14 July (United States)
25 March on some calendars

Brief History:
Daughter of a Christian Algonquin woman captured by Iroquois and married to a non-Christian Mohawk chief. Orphaned during a smallpox epidemic, which left her with a scarred face and impaired eyesight. Converted and deals baptized in 1676 by Father Jacques de Lamberville, a Jesuit missionary. Shunned and abused by relatives for her faith. Escaped through 200 miles of wilderness to the Christian Native American village of Sault-Sainte-Marie. Took a vow of chastity in 1679. Known for spirituality and austere lifestyle. Miracle worker. Her grave became a pilgrimage site and place of miracles for Christian Native Americans and French colonists. First Native American proposed for canonization, her cause was started in 1884 under Pope Leo XIII. The Tekakwitha Conference, an international association of Native American Catholics and those in ministry with them, was named for her.

Born:
•1656 at Osserneon (Auriesville), modern New York, USA

Died:
•17 April 1680 at Caughnawaga, Canada of natural causes

Venerated:
•3 January 1943 by Pope Pius XII

Beatified:
•22 June 1980 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized:
*21 Oct., 2012
*The canonization miracle involved the cure of a boy suffering from a flesh-eating bacteria

Patronage:
•ecologists
•ecology
•environment
•environmentalism
•environmentalists
•exiles
•loss of parents
•people ridiculed for their piety
*orphans
*Canada
*Native Americans
*Gallup, New Mexico, diocese of