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Hundreds of people visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, NY on Saturday July 21, 2012. The shrine is site of the 17th century Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Three French Jesuit missionaries were martyred there in bringing the Catholic faith to the new world. A stained glass window of Kateri Tekakwitha is in the Martyrs and Kateri Chapels. Kateri, a Mohawk was born here, and will be one of seven Saints inducted during a Canonization ceremony at the Vatican on October 21, 2012.

Hundreds of people visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, NY on Saturday July 21, 2012. The shrine is site of the 17th century Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Three French Jesuit missionaries were martyred there in bringing the Catholic faith to the new world. A stained glass window of Kateri Tekakwitha is in the Martyrs and Kateri Chapels. Kateri, a Mohawk was born here, and will be one of seven Saints inducted during a Canonization ceremony at the Vatican on October 21, 2012.