Catholic Saints

A statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be canonized, is seen at Our Lady of the Island Shrine in Manorville, N.Y., March 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Native Americans gather in North Carolina to celebrate Catholic faith, culture

The Tekakwitha Conference “is the world’s largest gathering of Catholic, Native Americans,” said Jody Roy of Chicago, who was in Raleigh to attend the 85th annual conference.

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Loved and Chosen by God

One of the truths that is becoming more evident to me the more I study and think about the mystics is that they are not ordinary but chosen souls whom God came to when they were not expecting such a ...
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The Kingdom of Heaven Is Close

All of us are invited to be rich soil for God’s word, and all of us have become rich soil in baptism.
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Behold, a Holy Voice

All truth is from God, and God’s truth is that we are to love God, and loving God will show us how to love our neighbor.
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God’s Indwelling

The practical conclusion of the first teaching of St. Francis is that if we listen and pray, God will show us what we are to do with our lives.
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woman helping someone in a wheelchair.

Holy and Worthy of Care

Everything is thereby holy and worthy of care, and reverence, and a song of God’s praise.
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Living the Truth

St. Bonaventure said of his holy father Francis that he was a true teacher because he learned the truth of God’s revelation.
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