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Article: WAITING FOR A MIRACLE; FOLLOWERS OF KATERI AWAIT HER CANONIZATION.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 12, 1999
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Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer
It's been 19 years since Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha attained beatification, but it's uncertain when the 17th-century Mohawk woman would achieve the final step in the canonization process to sainthood.
In the meantime, prayers for her canonization are offered from Catholic churches across America, such as the 2-year-old parish on Copper Hill Drive that now serves 2,100 families, as well as other benevolent organizations named in her honor.
``We have a prayer for her canonization that the bishop wrote,'' said Judy Konieczny, a spokeswoman for the Blessed Kateri Catholic Church in Valencia. ``We'd be really ...