Kateri Tekakwitha Ornament Size:1 1/2" x 2" Sue painted the original for

Sue painted the original for this image in acrylics and colored pencil

This is an ornament of St Stephen being stoned

symbol of his new life in Christ

both literally (the Benedictine Abbey at Einsiedeln) and figuratively are structures in the background of this holy and private moment

and faithfully fulfilled his call as a priest to the end

Kateri Tekakwitha Ornament Size:1 1/2" x 2" Sue painted the original forKnown as the Lily of the Mohawks, St Kateri was the daughter of a Christian Algonquin woman who had been captured by Iroquois Indians and married to a pagan Mohawk chieftain. Kateri was born in upstate New York and was orphaned at an early age when her parents and siblings died of smallpox. She was left with poor eyesight and a badly disfigured face. However, she was a beautiful soul consecrated to Christ with a vow of virginity. As a Catholic, she