Kateri, Native American Saint is a new book release from Clear Light Publishing that takes the reader into the world of 17th Century Native Americans and Catholic missionaries. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), “The Lily of the Mohawks”, was a Native American woman born near the Canadian border in present-day Auriesville, New York.
Authored by Taos, NM artist Giovanna Paponetti, the book is beautifully illustrated with twenty-one full-color images from an altar screen that Giovanna was commissioned to paint for the Church of St. John the Baptist at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in New Mexico, the oldest Parish in the United States. These extraordinary paintings feature significant chapters from Kateri’s early years, her life as a Christian, and miracles following her death at age twenty-four, and make this book a must-have collector’s item.
Giovanna Paponetti is an adjunct professor in the art department at the University of New Mexico-Taos since 2001. In 1998, she was commissioned by the Town of Taos to paint four large historic murals of the town’s history, beginning with Taos Pueblo in the year 1300. Giovanna’s historical paintings have been published in history textbooks and shown in PBS documentaries. Her art can be seen online at: www.giovannapaponetti.com
You can order a book from Clear Light Publishing Corp. at 505-989-9590 or www.clearlightbooks.com/kateri.