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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Who is Kateri Tekakwitha, Canada's first aboriginal saint? | CTV News

Who is Kateri Tekakwitha, Canada's first aboriginal saint? | CTV News

Kateri Tekakwitha is North America's first aboriginal saint.
 

The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

You do realize that without immigrants, this country would not exist...This country was founded and built by "immigrants". And this poem is engraved on the Statue of Liberty, by the way. To sum it up: All are Welcome!
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