{"id":140999,"date":"2017-07-11T14:28:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T18:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/a-virgins-courage-a-retreat-guide-on-st-kateri-tekakwitha\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:56:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:56:02","slug":"a-virgins-courage-a-retreat-guide-on-st-kateri-tekakwitha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/a-virgins-courage-a-retreat-guide-on-st-kateri-tekakwitha\/","title":{"rendered":"A Virgin&#8217;s Courage: A Retreat Guide on St. Kateri Tekakwitha"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"140999\" class=\"elementor elementor-140999\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380311b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"380311b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e0e6c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26e0e6c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"8usnj\" data-offset-key=\"4tdhi-0-0\">\r\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4tdhi-0-0\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In most parts of the world, the Church is right now undergoing \u201cdifficult moments.\u201d And so, our pursuit of holiness is right now \u201ceven more urgent.\u201d This Retreat Guide on St. Kateri Tekakwitha, A Virgin\u2019s Courage, is designed to help us renew and persevere in that pursuit.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The <b>First Meditation<\/b> will highlight lessons from the first part of St. Kateri\u2019s remarkable life, the years in which she lived with her Mohawk tribe in what is currently Upstate New York.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The <b>Second Meditation<\/b> will reflect on the last three years of her life, when she lived in the St. Francis Xavier Mission village, near Montreal, Canada.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>In the <b>Conference<\/b>, we will take some time to unpack the Church\u2019s teaching regarding non-Christian religions and how we should think about them.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s ask Our Lord for all the graces we need: most especially, the grace to be strengthened by the inspiring courage of the Mystic Virgin of the North American wilderness, St. Kateri Tekakwitha.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"49n03-0-0\">\r\n<p>We are excited to share with you an improved version this\u00a0Retreat Guide. 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