Born 9 years after the death of Isaac Jogues in the same area of his martyrdom, Kateri Tekakwitha is the first person born in North America to be beatified (she hasn't yet been canonized as a saint). She was the daughter of a Mohawk warrior and a Christian Algonquin woman. Moved by French missionaries, she converted to Christianity and lived a life of austerity and often practiced extremely severe fasting as penance for the conversion of her nation.
This icon is in the Visitor's Center at the new Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe just south of LaCrosse, WI.
Flickr: *Jeff*
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