Kateri Shrine is on line

I have worked with many different American Indian tribes. Kateri is an inspiration to many of them, because she combined the mystical Indian spirituality with love of Christ.

This is the stained glass window from the last US place I worked in before retirement. It is in Northeast Oklahoma.

They are gradually building a Kateri Shrine out back of the church...the symbol is a cross with feathers. Feathers are associated with prayer.

The lower window is famous, since it shows many Indians who were alive at the time the church was built: They needed vatican permission to include live people in a window.

When Vatican II "renovations" started, some of the church decorations were removed, but when the priest started doing it, the tribal council came over and reminded the priest that they paid for the church, and it belonged to them, not him...so this jewel of architecture was saved for posterity.