A sacred place of peace and healing; a site of history and holiness:
CELEBRATING THE CANONIZATION 10TH ANNIVERSARY, OCTOBER 21, 2022
SPIRITUAL RESOURCES
PRAYER
Keep Connected Spiritually
REQUEST A MASS TO BE SAID AT THE SAINT KATERI SHRINE
Saint Kateri's Feast Day celebration 2020 -- Terry Steele's readings
Saint Kateri's Feast Day celebration 2020 -- Fr. Tim's reading from Matthew 13
Saint Kateri's Feast Day celebration 2020 -- homily of Fr. Michael Heine, Vicar Provincial of Our Lady of the Angels Province
daily Catholic Mass https://www.youtube.com/user/AnthonyCompanions/videos
AND https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJEZpaqzKUzQZYaBeEALNQ (you may see Friar Mark Steed here!)
AND here is a listing of streamed and archived Masses in the Diocese of Albany, in which the Shrine falls
Litany of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Smudging and the Four Directions Blessing as part of the Penitential Rite
pray the Rosary with people all around the U.S. https://themapofhope.com/
pray a Rosary to end coronavirus with Pope Francis https://youtu.be/J5kYUHBQqJM
Franciscan prayers, including the Canticle of Creation https://www.olaprovince.org/ministries/franciscan-prayers/
Native American prayers, including the Mohawk prayer to the Great Spirit http://www.worldhealingprayers.com/2.html
Other thoughts: "The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/peace-wild-things-0/
"Stations of the Cross" by John F. Lyons Jr.
"Easter" by John F. Lyons Jr.
SPIRITUAL LEARNING
Ways to Deepen Faith
how to make spiritual Communion https://archny.org/acts-of-spiritual-communion/
"Saint Spotlight: St. Kateri Tekakwitha" interview with Shrine Programs Co-Chair Layna Maher on Catholic Feminist Podcast
how to practice contemplative meditation/centering prayer https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201311/sit-down-and-be-quiet-how-practice-contemplative-meditation-28077
advice from monks and nuns on living a contemplative life in isolation https://aleteia.org/2020/03/23/wondering-about-how-to-handle-life-at-home-contemplative-monks-and-nuns-have-some-advice/
ECOLOGY
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: Patroness of Ecology and the Environment
Saint Kateri Conservation Center online library http://www.kateri.org/library/
Little Portion Farm, another ministry of Our Lady of the Angels Province https://www.littleportionfarm.org/
Global Catholic Climate Movement https://catholicclimatemovement.global/
The Institute for Ecological Civilization https://ecociv.org/
GreenFaith https://greenfaith.org/
Interfaith Power and Light https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/
"Care for Creation" inititative of the Franciscan Action Network https://franciscanaction.org/issues/care-for-creation/
NATURE WEBCAMS
Staying in Touch with Creation
Cornell University's bird feeder at Sapsucker Woods https://youtu.be/N609loYkFJo
Northeast Florida bald eagle nest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKkGqkQG6M
Anacapa Islands ocean (underwater) https://youtu.be/ueik_Uu4xbo
International Wolf Center https://youtu.be/SQfE_-sSdc4
Mount Diablo https://youtu.be/AlthfCT2j7Q
Anacapa Island peregrine falcons https://youtu.be/YmZv8Pfwum4
River bear watch, Katmai National Park, Alaska https://youtu.be/tp-fM_i6ToQ
pre-recorded 2-hour walking tour through Olympic National Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frdQgL9WlQ