Church celebrates feast of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
- On July 14, the Church celebrates the feast day of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be beatified.
Sitkiewitz celebrated the milestone at Mass in the Marian Catholic High School chapel and will celebrate with other novices who took their vows in January 1951 on St. Dominic Feast Day in August with the entire religious community in Springfield.