Look for the following symbols in the images of St. Kateri Tekakwitha below:
- St. Kateri holding a cross – represents Kateri’s holiness and devotion to the suffering of Jesus
- St. Kateri with a turtle – honors the Turtle Clan of her tribe
- St. Kateri holding a rosary – represents her love of prayer
- St. Kateri holding lilies – represents her purity
- St. Kateri holding feathers – honors her Native American tribe
- St. Kateri with a small tree – represents the tree of peace, a symbol of her culture
Sainte Kateri Tekakwitha 1696 Father Claude Chauchetière, S.J.
Lily of the Mohawks 1943 Jan Henryk de Rosen
Catherine Tekakwitha 1753 M. de Bacqueville de La Potherie, Jean-Baptiste Scotin (engraver)
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Mosaic Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington
Statue of Kateri Tekakwitha 2015 Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM
St. Kateri Tekakwitha of the Iroquois Br. Robert Lentz, OFM
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Brenda Nippert
St. Kateri Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Statue of St. Kateri Hall of American Saints, The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Brenda Nippert
