Celebration of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha at St. John's in Fresno
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Bishop Armando X. Ochoa, left, holding the walking staff gifted to him by the Tigua tribe when he was posted in El Paso, Texas years ago, greets Jesenia Martinez, 11, who is the Tule River Indian Reservation Jr. Pow Wow Princess for 2012, center, with Katani Wessels, 8, standing behind Jesenia, following the Mass of Celebration of the Canonization of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha at St. John’s Cathedral in downtown Fresno Sunday, November 4, 2012. Jesenia Martinez holds a statue of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. The mass was a special mass to commemorate the first North American saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Kateri Tekakwitha was AlgonquinÐMohawk and a religious laywoman born in present-day New York. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA/THE FRESNO BEE

