Saint Kateri Tekakwitha/Footprints

Footprints for Saint Kateri Tekakwitha are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 8 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine (Auriesville) – North American Martyrs pilgrimage grounds (Mission era context) [Public] Shrine – 136 Shrine Road, Auriesville, NY 12016, Auriesville, New York, United States
  • Year: 1642
  • Diocese: Diocese of Albany
  • Major pilgrimage grounds for the North American Martyrs, steps from Kateri's Mohawk Valley geography. Essential second stop on a Kateri corridor tour even though it is not 'her' single notable address — shared mission landscape.
  • Sources: https://www.ourladyofmartyrsshrine.org/

• National Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (Fonda) – shrine church & grounds (Mohawk Valley years & legacy) [Public] Shrine – 3628 State Highway 5, Fonda, NY 12068, Fonda, New York, United States
  • Year: 1676
  • Diocese: Diocese of Albany
  • Fonda shrine complex at the traditional site of Kateri's baptismal / Mohawk village association in the Mohawk Valley. Tour hub for a driving day with Auriesville; use campus trails and shrine church rather than treating this as a one-line notable only.
  • Sources: https://www.katerishrine.com/

• Saint Francis Xavier Mission (Kahnawake) – tomb shrine (Mission village & death) [Public] Shrine – 1 Rue Church, Kahnawake, QC J0L 1B0, Canada, Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada
  • Year: 1680
  • Diocese: Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
  • Kahnawake (Sault Saint-Louis) mission village where Kateri lived her final years and died (1680). Her remains are venerated at the Saint Francis Xavier Mission church — essential Canadian counterpart to the Fonda/Auriesville NY corridor.
  • Sources: https://www.katerishrine.com/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateri_Tekakwitha; https://www.kahnawake.com/

• Ossernenon / Auriesville birth village landscape (Childhood) [Public] Outdoor – Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine grounds, Auriesville, NY 12016, Auriesville, New York, United States
  • Year: 1656
  • Diocese: Diocese of Albany
  • Traditional site of Ossernenon, the Mohawk village of Kateri's birth and of the North American Martyrs' sufferings. Outdoor pilgrimage landscape on the Auriesville shrine grounds — walkable with the coliseum church.
  • Sources: https://www.ourladyofmartyrsshrine.org/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateri_Tekakwitha

• Caughnawaga / Fonda village archaeological interpretive area (Mohawk Valley years) [Limited] Outdoor – On National Shrine of St. Kateri grounds, Fonda, NY 12068, Fonda, New York, United States
  • Year: 1676
  • Diocese: Diocese of Albany
  • Landscape interpretation of the Mohawk village associated with Kateri's early life. Limited: outdoor/interpretive rather than a separate museum building; pair with shrine staff guidance.
  • Sources: https://www.katerishrine.com/

• Fonda shrine spring / outdoor prayer sites (Mohawk Valley years & legacy) [Public] Outdoor – 3628 State Highway 5, Fonda, NY 12068, Fonda, New York, United States
  • Year: 1676
  • Diocese: Diocese of Albany
  • Outdoor prayer and spring sites on the Fonda national shrine campus that expand a visit beyond the church building — walkable tour depth for pilgrims.
  • Sources: https://www.katerishrine.com/

• Montreal region / St. Lawrence mission corridor context (Mission village years) [Limited] Outdoor – St. Lawrence River corridor near Kahnawake, QC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Year: 1677
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Montreal
  • Broader Montreal–Kahnawake mission geography of Kateri's final years. Prefer the Kahnawake mission church as the precise pin; this is regional context only.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateri_Tekakwitha

• Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine & Historic Site trails (Legacy) [Public] Outdoor – 3628 State Highway 5, Fonda, NY 12068, Fonda, New York, United States
  • Year: 1980
  • Diocese: Diocese of Albany
  • Nature and history trails interpreting Mohawk Valley landscape around Caughnawaga. Complements indoor shrine prayer with landscape immersion.
  • Sources: https://www.katerishrine.com/