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Kateri Circle
St. Mary, Mother of the Church
1008 Vandora Springs Rd.
Garner, NC

• Come and join our prayer circle in honor of the example set for us by Blessed Kateri Takakwitha.
• Goal: To empower Native American Catholics in their faith and traditions. We typically meet monthly for prayer and social time.
• Call for dates and times: 919.772.5199
• Visit the National Tekakwitha Conference webpage for more information (click on hyperlink)

Sacred Sites and Faith

The film, In The Light Of Reverence documents the Native American struggle to perserve sacred lands that are centers of spirituality.

• Please visit the website for In the Light of Reverence Sacred Land Film Project

• Highlights from the PBS press release of In the Light of Reverence:

  " While Native American activists and healers speak eloquently of the land's spiritual importance to Indian survival, a coalition of miners, developers, local businesses, and recreational enthusiasts protest what they see as their exclusion from public lands.

  'The film is really about a clash of world views,'says director McLeod. 'One sees the land as property to be profited from, the other as a source of sacred meaning. For over a hundred years, Native American religions and ceremonies were banned. Even now their sacred sites receive no protection.'

  Adds co-producer Maynor: 'Vine Deloria talks in the film about how American society is founded on rights, while Native American tribes are communities founded on responsibilities to the natural world. The question is whether it's an unbridgeable difference.' "

• Malinda Maynor is a Lumbee Indian from North Carolina who has made several shorts about her native culture that have aired on public television. A graduate of Harvard University and of Stanford University's documentary masters program, Maynor is a recipient of a 2001 Rockefeller Film and Video Fellowship and is an Assistant Professor in History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Please also visit  Malinda Maynor's Site about Lumbee History and its relation to Faith- Sounds of Faith
  

More Information about In The Light Of Reverence and Sacred Sites

• PBS.Org In the Light of Reverence

  Sacred Sites International

Religious Organizations and Information

Interfaith Alliance

"The Interfaith Alliance is a non-partisan clergy-led grassroots organization dedicated to promoting the positive and healing role of religion in the life of the nation and challenging those who manipulate religion to promote intolerance. With more than 130,000 members drawn from over 50 faith traditions, local Alliances in 38 states, and a national network of religious leaders, The Interfaith Alliance promotes compassion, civility and mutual respect for human dignity in our increasingly diverse society."

• For More information and to become involved in the North Carolina Wake County Organization please visit the website: Interfaith Alliance- NC
• For More information please visit the national website: Interfaith Alliance
• FaithAction International House of Greensboro

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