The Tekakwitha Conference is a religious non-profit organization that advocates for evangelization among the Indigenous Catholics of North America and for all who desire to walk humbly with God.
       The heart of our vision and mission is to share God's Word and to live the Gospel message in the spirit of our patroness, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. She is a faithful model as a follower of Jesus. Saint Kateri is also known for her patronage of ecology and the care for all of God's creation.
       We invite you to  learn more about our organization, named in honor of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha - the first Indigenous woman of North America to be canonized. On October 21, 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared her sainthood in Rome, Italy.
       Our Annual Tekakwitha Conference, a gathering of All Nations, is dedicated to her as well.

Now that hurricane season is upon us, we ask you to join us as we pray for all of those who live in areas typically affected by these damaging storms. Most especially, we remember our national office, our members, and all those who reside among the gulf states and throughout the Atlantic coastal states. 

O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of the land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, and overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread
chaos and disaster.

During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen.

 Written by: +The Most Reverend Maurice Schexnayder
Second Bishop of Lafayette