Highly recognized by people, saints are famous throughout the world by people of all different backgrounds. Many different religions based on Christianity have or use saints as a purpose to get people to pray more often than usual, or to have them use them as “communion saints”. There are over 10,000 saints, many with different backgrounds, stories and meanings. Some of them are patron saints, who protect or protect a certain person, place or thing. Saints can mean many different things to people, with some of the most famous being Joan of Arc, St. Agnes, St. Peter, St. Patrick and more, but one of them, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, is easily overlooked and represents a bigger message even in difficult times. Growing up, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha had a difficult life. When he was only four years old, in 1660, a smallpox epidemic struck his native tribe, affecting both his parents and brother, killing all three. Although Saint Kateri survived, the disease left her weakened, partially blind and scarred on her face. For this reason, Saint Kateri had 'Tekakwitha' added to her name, meaning "She who walks groping her way". After the tragic deaths of her immediate family, she moved out and shared a home with her uncle, a Mohawk chief, and her two aunts. In the culture in which Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was raised, they were expected to make arrangements for marriage around the ages of seven and eight. Instead of willingly agreeing to marry the boy her two aunts had arranged for her to marry, she said she dedicated her life to Christ. Remaining steadfast in her faith, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha stood by God despite all difficulties. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was a strong and loyal believer of Christ. That... half the paper... for her. Every day, regardless of the temperature or even the possible case of bad weather, "he stood at the chapel door until it opened at four and remained there until after the last mass" (http://www.catholic.org/saints / saint.php?saint_id=154, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha). After surviving smallpox, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha had poor health for the rest of her life despite her active lifestyle and died at the age of twenty-four on April 17, 1680. Miraculously, two Jesuit saints say and record that the scars of smallpox the smallpox that disfigured her face definitively disappeared immediately after her death. After her death, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha left behind many events and facts about her life. Devotion to Kateri left behind the influence and establishment of several Native American-based ministries in Catholic churches across North America.