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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day April 17 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin   Benedict III., Pope Conrad of Stongle, Confessor Eochadus of Lismore Blessed Henry Heath, Priest and Martyr Saint Innocent, Bishop of Tortona Blessed Max Josef Metzger, Priest and Martyr Saint Panthagatus, Bishop of Vienne Paul, Abbot Paul of Saint Magdalena, Franciscan and Martyr Saint Robert, Abbot Saint Salvador of Horta, Religious Saint Simeon, Bishop of Ctesiphon, Martyr Saint Stephen Harding, Abbot Saint Walfrid, Abbot of Monteverdi Saint Wando, Abbot Saint Donnanus and 52 Companions, Martyrs Saint Elias, Paul, and Isidore, Martyrs Saint Fortunatus and Marcian, Martyrs Saint Mappalicus and Companions, Martyrs Saints Peter and Hermogenes, Martyrs -1704-

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 17th of April WELCOME! SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA, VIRGIN [Today is her feast day in North America. Elsewhere, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha is commemorated on July 14.] St Kateri Tekakwitha (pronounced ‘gaderi dega’gwit-ha’ in Mohawk), known as ‘Lily of the Mohawks’ and ‘Flower of the Algonguins’... was born in 1656 in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, near present day New York. She was the daughter of a Mohawk chief, and her mother was a Roman Catholic Algonguin, having been adopted into the Mohawk tribe after capture. The Mohawk village absorbed people from other tribes, particularly the Huron Native Americans, to replace those who died because of the diseases brought in by Europeans. When she was a child, St Kateri survived an outbreak of smallpox, which killed both her parents and her brother. She herself was left with scars and impaired eyesight. SHE WAS BAPTISED According to Mohawk practices St Kateri was probably looked after well ...