{"id":16757,"date":"2026-07-14T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16757"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:17:01","slug":"today-feast-day-of-saint-kateri-teckawitha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16757","title":{"rendered":"Today &#8211; feast day of Saint Kateri Teckawitha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Faranda favorite &#8211; especially considering the miracle that lead to her canonization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The boys name is Jake Finkbonner and when he was three years old he got a small cut on his lip, fell on a basketball court. Horrendous flesh eating bacteria, massive infection &#8211; the physicians had decided to ask the family about him as an organ donor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Funny coincidences&#8221; &#8211; the family is part native American, a sister named Sister Kateri, brought a relic to Jake and put it on him, and Kateri Tekawitha guilds around the country were praying for him. He started to recover from the time the relic was placed on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s Jake in the hospital, and below, a picture of him a few years later. He&#8217;s now 26 years old and hoping to become a physician. And below both pictures, the story of Saint Kateri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124142-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124142-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124142-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124142-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124142-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124142-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124609-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124609-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124609-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124609-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124609-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20200705_124609-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"July 14: St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin (U.S.A.)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kgQCoNWxW6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Faranda favorite &#8211; especially considering the miracle that lead to her canonization. The boys name is Jake Finkbonner and when he was three years old he got a small cut on his lip, fell on a basketball court. 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