Comments on: Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks

By: evelynyvonnetheriault

evelynyvonnetheriault — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:35:38 +0000

You can find more information about Kateri at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateri_Tekakwitha

By: anomus

anomus — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:57:07 +0000

I NEED KATERI CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY LIKE GOSH. bUT BLESS KATERI TEKAKWITHA

By: evelynyvonnetheriault

evelynyvonnetheriault — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:04:05 +0000

I agree with your comment “with all its faults, I love the fact that the Catholic church has saints for us to admire and relate to”.
It’s easy to become cynical with the very real problems in churches and society in general, but it’s important to remain aspirational in the sense of living life well. I’m not a practising Catholic but some Catholics that I admire are St.Francis of Assisi (I named my daughter after him), St.Teresa of Avila and of course, Mother Theresa.
Thanks for your comment!

By: JeannineS

JeannineS — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:36:55 +0000

I loved seeing Blessed Kateri again. Thank you.I grew up in Ontario Canada and the nuns taught us all about this wonderful young woman. With all of its faults, I love the fact that the Catholic Church has saints for us to admire and relate to.You’re so right about the many churches. When I visited those of my ancestors last summer, and even found plaques in their names, I thought about how important they were to keep some sense of order and community to the first settlers in the 1600s.God bless them all.They wouldn’t believe the lives we live now.

By: evelynyvonnetheriault

evelynyvonnetheriault — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:42:51 +0000

You are not alone is rarely setting foot in a church.
There has been a great falloff of church attendance in Quebec and we are really jam packed with Catholic churches. It’s due to increasing secularization, shifting demographics as non-Christians move into Quebec as well as a sharp drop in the birth rate.
There’s a lot of angst as practising Catholics (and other Christians) try to decide which churches to save, and as Quebeckers in general try to determine what is or is not an appropriate use for old churches.
Thanks for the comment!