We celebrate Saint Kateri Tekakwitha’s Feast Day on July 14 and the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda, New York, is planning a special weekend July 18 to 19 in honor of the 350th anniversary of her baptism.
Here’s the schedule of events:
Saturday, July 18
1pm sweetgrass teachings with Judi Cole of Akwesasne
3pm Mohawk and English rosary and prayers with the Akwesasne Altar & Rosary Society
4:30pm Thanksgiving Address, relic veneration, and Mass
7:30pm prayer and healing service
Sunday, July 19
10:30am Thanksgiving Address, relic veneration, and Mass
12pm burning of prayer petitions
1:30pm plant-identification walk AKA BioBlitz!
The Shrine was established in 1938 by Fr. Thomas Grassmann OFM Conv. The Shrine continues as a ministry of the Conventual Franciscan Friars. (Learn more about Friar Grassmann and the discovery of St. Kateri’s village.)
Visit katerishrine.org to learn more about Saint Kateri and the National Shrine and Historic Site.
