This Week: Don't Miss the Canonization Mass of The First Native American Saint
By Michelle Laque JohnsonBlessed Kateri Tekakwita was a 17th Century Mohawk princess, but her life was far from glamorous. As a young girl, she was disfigured by smallpox, a disease which also greatly impaired her vision. For that reason, her name was changed from “Little Sunshine” to “Tekakwitha,” which reportedly means something like “gropes around, pushes things out of the way” and is indicative of a vision problem. She also lost her mother, her father, her brother, and her home -- and that’s just the first part of her life!
Blessed Kateri is one of two great North American women who will be canonized in Rome on Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI. The other is Blessed Marianne Cope, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, N.Y. The Canonization Mass airs live at 3:30 a.m. ET, Sunday, Oct. 21, with an encore at 11 a.m. ET.
Here, we consider the life of Blessed Kateri because she is the first Native American saint to be canonized. “EWTN Live” Host Fr. Mitch Pacwa recently interviewed Beth Lynch, Museum and Events Coordinator of the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Fultonville, N.Y. You can see the entire Sept. 26 interview on EWTN’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/ewtn, but here are a few highlights to whet your appetite.
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Only known portrait from life of Catherine Tekakwitha, circa 1690 by Father Chauchetière
PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK
CATHEDRALS ACROSS AMERICA: MASS OF INSTALLATION AND ORDINATION OF MSGR. LAWRENCE T. PERSICO, AS THE 10TH BISHOP OF ERIE, PA.
From St. Peter Cathedral in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Sat. Oct. 20 at 2 PM ET
Sun. Oct. 21 at 12 AM ET
Lectio Divino: The Parables of Jesus (5 parts)
Cardinal Thomas Collins of the Archdiocese of Toronto explores themes on which we can meditate from the Parables of Jesus such as the mustard seed and the prodigal son. (Airs 3 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, Oct. 22 through Oct. 26.)
Mon. Oct. 22 at 3 AM ET & 6:30 PM (Part 1)
Our Lady of Fatima
Narrated by Raymond Burr, this historical drama follows the life of the three young people who saw and heard Our Lady at Fatima and their suffering as they were not believed. The eventual belief of the populace is shown in a very moving manner.
Sun. Oct. 21 at 10 PM ET
Thur. Oct. 25 at 5 AM ET
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