National Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha and Friary
P.O. Box 627
West Main Street
Fonda, N.Y. 12068
(518) 853-3646
katerishrine.com
Located in quiet farm country in the Village of Fonda, this
self-directed shrine offers a chapel that dates back 250 years, natural
trails to explore, a gift shop and a museum filled with genuine articles
of Native Americans, especially those used by the Iroquois.
Visitors to the shrine can view the only completely excavated Iroquois
Village in the country, discovered in 1950 by Father Thomas Grassman, a
Conventual Franciscan Friar. This village was where 17-century Saint
Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint, lived as a child
after the death of her parents until she fled the village to live among a
settlement of Christian Native Americans at the Mission of St. Francis
Xavier in Canada when she was a young woman.
Shrine hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon-Sun until October 26.
Masses: Tues./Thurs. at 8:30 a.m., Sunday 10:30 a.m. and Sunday Vigil Mass at 4:30 p.m.
Directions:
Interstate 90 to Exit 28 (Fonda-Fultonville). Follow signs to Route 5
west. The shrine is 1/4 mile west of the Village of Fonda.
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