Today we celebrate Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, the first North American Indian saint.

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By: Julie Bourbon
                                       

As a young man, Gregory Mitchell thought about becoming a Franciscan priest or joining a missionary order. But that wasn’t until after his conversion, which happened during a high school CYO trip to Saltillo, Mexico.
 
“Before that, I was kind of apathetic about my faith. I think I was going to be a good pagan at that age, but God caught me,” says Gregory, with a laugh.
 
He grew up in Mississippi and went to Catholic school, but says, “I was kind of a black sheep. It’s funny, because I’m the one who really got converted and became a missionary.”
 

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USCMA receives complimentary books about missiology, theology, and spirituality for review. Our feature book for the month of July is Let Justice Be Done: Writings from American Abolitionists 1688 - 1865 by Kerry Walters. For this book or a current listing, email Nichole Petty, the USCMA Office Manager.


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