blessed kateri tekakwitha
DESCRIPTION
This comic book-style coloring and activity book tells the life of Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha. Once they’ve finished coloring, kids will have a completed comic book to enjoy. This coloring book also features cut-out trading cards, activities, and games. Ideal for ages 6–8.TRANSCRIPT
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With trading cards!
CUT, COLLECT, AND TRADE WITH FRIENDS!
Bl. Kateri Onas and Jacob
Anastasia Fr. Jacques de Lamberville
$2.95 U.S.
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Written and illustrated by
Virginia Helen Richards, FSP
and D. Thomas Halpin, FSP
Boston
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
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In 1656, in the village of Ossernonen,* a baby girl
was born to Chief Kenneronkwa of the Turtle Clan
of the Mohawk Nation. Her mother, Kahenta, was a
Christian Algonquin. The child’s baby name, Ioragode,
meant “sunshine” . . .
SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL . . .
SHE HAS YOUR EYES!
Four years later, her baby brother was born . . .
* Now Auriesville, New York, where there is a shrine honoring Blessed Kateri
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In time, Kahenta shared her faith with Ioragode . . .
SOMEDAY, THE GOOD RAKENI* WILL COME TO TEACH US . . .
BUT FOR NOW, WE’LL KEEP
RAWANNIIO** BETWEEN US.
OKAY, MAMA! JUST BETWEEN US!
Life was good in the village,
and Ioragode’s family was a
happy one. Then, one day,
bad news came . . .
KAHENTA,
THE PURPLE
SICKNESS!***
IT HAS COME!
IT CAN’T BE
STOPPED . . .
OH, ANASTASIA . . . OUR VILLAGE
IS DOOMED!
* Blackrobes, or priests ** God, the Great Spirit *** Smallpox, a highly contagious disease
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And doomed it was. The chief worked hard to help his people . . .
HOLD ON, RUNNING DEER . . .
But . . .
KAHENTA . . . I FEEL SICK . . .
I WILL CARE FOR YOU . . . MY LOVE . . . ME TOO,
DADDY!
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But no one was spared in the village. And soon, even the crying was . . .
silent.
Later, in a nearby village . . .
ANASTASIA, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
I MUST FIND OUT . . .
. . . IF KAHENTA’S FAMILY IS STILL
ALIVE!
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Smallpox was a feared disease that was brought to the New World by Europeans. The native people had no immunity from it, so it spread like wildfire. Many died from it. Smallpox left Kateri with weak eyesight for the rest of her life . . .
IORAGODE! HERE I AM!
I MISS MY MOMMY AND DADDY AND
LITTLE BROTHER . . .
I KNOW . . . THEY HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN TO BE
WITH RAWANNIIO . . .
RAWANNIIO LOVES YOU, IORAGODE.
MOM TOLD ME ABOUT
RAWANNIIO . . .
I’M LEAVING TO GO TO THE
CHRISTIAN VILLAGE . . . ONE DAY, YOU WILL COME, TOO . . .
YOUR UNCLE IS THE NEW CHIEF NOW. HE AND YOUR AUNTS WILL ADOPT YOU . . .
YOU WILL MOVE TO A SAFER PLACE: GANADAWAGE.*
* Now Fonda, New York
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Ioweranno, the new chief . . .
Ioragode’s new family . . .
Aunt Arosen
Uncle Ioweranno
Aunt Enita
POOR LITTLE THING! SHE
HAS TO FEEL HER WAY
AROUND WITH HER HANDS . . .
IT’S FROM THE DISEASE! SHE’S
SEVEN . . . WE’LL CALL HER TEKAKWITHA*
NOW!
THERE IT IS!
* “She who pushes with her hands”
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