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With the coming of the Europeans to the New World they also brought with them disease, the common cold was for the Indians very dangerous.
Smallpox would literally kill St. Tekakwitha’s Mother when she was only four years old and Kateri was also infected.
This caused a slight disfigurement of her face.
Relatives would raise St. Kateri Tekakwitha where by the time she was thirteen years old, she began listening to the stories of Jesus Christ that captivated her soul.
She developed a deep love for Our Lord and His Mother, the Virgin Mary.
Mary, the Mother of all Christians, would become the spiritual Mother of St. Kateri Tekakwitha.
St. Tekakwitha would be baptized at the age of twenty despite the great opposition among her tribe.
The Mohawk Indians were largely animist in their belief system. Their way of life was totally different from the Europeans who brought Christianity to them.
The diseases made it hard for the Indians at that time to get past their superstitions.
Despite the internal persecution St. Tekakwitha received from her family and tribe, she remained firm in her Catholic Faith.
