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 Narrator 1
Narrator 2
Missionary
Tagaskouita (Tag-ah-skoo-ee-too)
Chief
Uncle
Narrator 1: The story of Saint Kateri
Tekakwitha actually begins with her
mom, a long time before Kateri was
born.
Tagaskouita: Thank you for teaching
me about Jesus and for baptizing me! I
am so lucky that you have given your
lives to teach Native Americans about
God.
Missionary: We were so happy to do
it. We always want to teach people
about God.
Tagaskouita: What is that sound?
Missionary: Oh no! I think that we
are being attacked. Run and hide!
Narrator 2: Kateri’s mother
Tagaskouita was kidnapped by
Mohawk Indians after being taught and
baptized by French Missionaries.
Saint Kateri
Enemy
Marie Therese
Priest
Father Pierron
Prayer Leader
Narrator 1: At this time, very few
people lived in the United States. Most
of the people were Native Americans. A
few missionaries came to America to
teach others about God.
Chief: Good job attacking those
people. They are invading our land!
Tagaskouita: You should not have
attacked those men. They are doing
God’s work!
Chief: You are very beautiful. I want
you to be my servant.
Tagaskouita: If I have to be a
prisoner, I will work for you however
you need me to.
Chief: I don’t know about this God
that you were talking about, but while
you are here, I will treat you well.
Narrator 1: After a while, the Chief
and Tagaskouita fell in love and got
married.
Narrator 2: They had two kids, Kateri
and a baby boy. When Kateri was just
4 years old, they all got very sick.
Chief: This sickness is terrible! I don’t
know if we are going to survive.
Tagaskouita: We need to find
someone to look after our kids if we
die.
Chief: I will ask my sister to care for
them.
Narrator 2: The chief, Tagaskouita,
and Kateri’s baby brother all died from
their sickness, but Kateri survived. The
sickness left her with scars on her face,
but she recovered and grew up living
with her aunt and uncle.
Narrator 1: As Kateri grew older, her
tribe was often at war with other
people. They lost a war to the French,
but ended up living in peace with
them.
Narrator 2: Once there was peace,
new missionaries came and lived in
Kateri’s village.
Uncle: I don’t like those men, Kateri. I
don’t want you to spend any time with
them.
Kateri: But they are very kind. They
are teaching good things to our
people.
Uncle: I don’t trust them. And I don’t
think that you should be learning from
them.
Kateri: I want to learn about God. I
want to be a Christian like my mother.
Narrator 1: Even though her uncle
disapproved, Kateri spent time with the
missionaries and learned about God.
One of those missionaries was a
Catholic priest, Father Jean Pierron
(John Pee-Air-Oh).
Narrator 2: When Kateri was 13, her
tribe was attacked.
Father Pierron: Kateri, we can’t help
with the fighting, but we need to do
something. Go and find any of your
friends who are willing to help.
Kateri: What are we going to do,
Father?
Father Pierron: There are injured
warriors out on the fields. We need to
bring them back to camp, give them
food, water, and try to heal them.
Narrator 1: Many of Kateri’s tribe
were captured and tortured. They were
going to be killed.
Father Pierron: Please let these
people free! They have done nothing
wrong.
Enemy: They are our enemies. We will
not set them free.
Father Pierron: Please, let me speak
to them.
Enemy: You may speak with them.
Father Pierron: (talking to captives)
Your enemies are going to kill you! I
want to teach you about God and
baptize you before you are killed.
Narrator 1: Father Pierron baptized
all of the captives before they were
killed.
Narrator 2: Kateri and her family
were not captured and were able to
live in peace after this happened.
Uncle: Kateri, it is time for you to
think about getting married.
Kateri: I don’t want to get married. I
want to devote my life to God.
Uncle: Why would you want to do
that?
Kateri: I love Jesus and want to give
my life to Him.
Narrator 1: Kateri studied with a
priest, and when he thought she was
ready, she was baptized when she was
19.
Narrator 2: The people in her town
did not like that she received the
sacrament of baptism.
Uncle: Kateri, people are saying a lot
of bad things about you.
Kateri: The things that they say aren’t
true. They are making up lies because
they don’t like that I’m a Christian.
Uncle: I believe you, but I don’t think
that anyone else does.
Narrator 1: Kateri left her tribe to go
live with other Native American women
who had become Christians. These
women spent all their time praying that
their friends and families would
become Christian too.
Narrator 2: One of her best friends in
this group was a woman named Marie
Therese.
Marie-Therese: Kateri, you are so
good at making sacrifices for Jesus.
Kateri: Sacrifice is hard, but when I’m
suffering, I know that I can offer it up
to Jesus so that He will help to convert
my family and friends. Now I’m
suffering from sickness, I think that I
may die soon.
Marie-Therese: Is there anything
that I can do?
Kateri: Just continue to love God and
to make sacrifices to make Jesus
happy.
Marie-Therese: Father, I think Kateri
is dying.
Priest: She has received the
sacrament of anointing of the sick, so
she is ready for heaven.
Kateri: Jesus, I love you!
Narrator 1: Kateri died the
Wednesday before Easter when she
was 23.
Narrator 2: Remember that Kateri
had scars all over her face from her
sickness as a child.
Narrator 1: When Kateri died, there
was a great miracle.
Prayer Leader: Let us Pray. Saint
Kateri, you gave up everything to
follow Jesus. You never married and
left your family and friends so that you
could follow God. You never stopped
praying that everyone would be
brought to God. Help us to have a
strong faith like you. Help us to be
willing to make sacrifices for Jesus just
like you. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha,

Priest: Look at her face! Everyone: Pray for us! Amen!

Marie-Therese: Her scars are

disappearing! Her face is more
beautiful than I have ever seen it!

Narrator 2: After she died, Kateri

appeared to her friend Marie-Therese
and to the priest and told them that
she was on her way to heaven.

Narrator 1: She was canonized as a

saint in 2012, more than 350 years
after she died.

Narrator 2: Sometimes people are

named as saints really quickly after
their death, and sometimes it takes a
very long time.

Narrator 1: Saint Kateri is often called

the Lily of the Mohawks because she
was from the Mohawk tribe and she
had such a beautiful faith.