Annual American Indian Liturgical Celebration July 14

The 28th annual American Indian liturgical celebration for the feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the “Lily of the Mohawks,” will be celebrated Friday, July 14, at 6:30 p.m., at the KC Home in Grand Caillou. The Kateri Chaplet and excerpts of Kateri’s life will begin at 6 p.m.

Kateri is the first American Indian in the United States to be canonized. She was canonized in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012.

The celebration is sponsored by the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Holy Family Church parish, and the Saint Kateri Circle of Dulac. BC