Canada National Saint Kateri Shrine

Welcome to the National
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine, Canada

Saint Francis Xavier Mission, Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Qc, Canada

P.O. Box 70, Kahnawake (Qc) J0L 1B0

(450) 632-6030

saintkaterishrine@yahoo.ca

Monday to Thursday, 9am to 3pm
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Christmas Eve Mass
Tuesday, December 24
at 7:30 pm
Christmas Day Mass
Wednesday, December 25
at 10:30 am


Let the heavens rejoice
And the earth be glad!

Message for Christmas

Dear brothers and sisters,
God loved humanity so much that he gave his Beloved Son, Jesus. He came to humanity more than 2,000 years ago. He brought salvation and happiness to each person. When he was on earth, Jesus visited many people, many families. He cared for and healed the sick. He taught and was kind to the poor. He converted many sinners. He showed love to everyone.
In this spirit, this year, the universal Church will open the Holy Year on Christmas Eve with the theme "Pilgrims of Hope" to reaffirm to humanity, to us, that only God is the source of true happiness. Only God is the One in whom we put all our trust because He can save and free us from sin, from all suffering. The Church calls us to be ready to set out with Jesus on this earthly pilgrimage towards Jerusalem, the heavenly city, in our hope and trust. The Bethlehem cave is a sign of simplicity and humility that we can rely on as a support, and imitate, to abandon all the cumbersome things that hinder our journey to follow Jesus and become like him.
The Christmas season is an opportunity for all of us to rediscover the message of God's saving love. May each individual and each family boldly set out with the Savior to discover God's immense love for us. May Emmanuel always accompany and be the guiding light for us on our journey of faith. Wishing everyone in our parish a holy Advent and a Christmas filled with the grace and joy of Emmanuel! 


Visiting the Shrine

Welcome to the St Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine, located at the St Francis Xavier Mission, Mohawk Territory of Kahnawa:ke. We are open year-round for masses, pilgrimages, tours and other events. 
Facebook Masses 

Kateri Tekakwitha was declared Saint on October 21, 2012
To relive the emotional moments of the event, please click here: "Canonization of Saint Kateri"
Photo: Kateri Center
Picture gallery courtesy of Gabriel Berberian



Saint Francis-Xavier Mission, Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha welcomes new priest

Responding to the pastoral need, Most Rev. Claude Hamelin, Bishop of St. Jean – Longueuil, assigned Fr. Michael Nguyen Dinh VINH, CSSp, a Vietnamese and religious priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) as full time pastor of our parish. His appointment is effective October 1 , 2023 until July 31 , 2029.

Pray for our new priest
National Truth & Reconciliation Day
"Orange Shirt Day"
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
A mass in honor of the children who passed away while in Residential Schools will be celebrated Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 10:45 am.
Tomb of Saint Kateri at the Shrine in Kahnawake Saint Francis-Xavier Mission in Kahnawake Original portrait of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha by Father Cochetière Tomb of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
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Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
The diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil was established on June 9, 1933 by His Holiness Pope Pius X
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Bishop Mgr Claude Hamelin
Mgr Claude Hamelin, Bishop

Mgr Claude Hamelin est né le 10 juillet 1951 à Sherrington, une municipalité dans la région de la Montérégie située sur le territoire du diocèse de Saint-Jean-Longueuil. He is the sixth bishop of the diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil since January 10, 2020.

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