But something amazing happened.
Father Chris Alar, MIC, explains:
A frequent theme in religious formation is identity, knowing oneself. "This was a theme during my novitiate and remains a theme in seminary," says Br. Josh, MIC.
Reduced to a “zero,” as she put it in her own words, Bl. Marie-Anne Blondin (feast day April 18) was the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada.
She is called the “Lily of the Mohawks” and the “Genevieve of New France”: St. Kateri Tekakwitha (feast day April 17), the first Native American to be canonized.