Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute

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Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute
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Abbreviation KNMI
Established 1989;29 years ago (1989)
Location
President
 Jerome Main
Codirectors
 Cec Sheoships
Fr. Mike Fitzpatrick, SJ [1]
Main organ
Kateri Newsletter
Affiliations Jesuit, Catholic
Website Kateri KNMI

Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute (KNMI) is a Jesuit-run training program for lay Catholic leadership among the native American peoples, [2] and a registered nonprofit. [3] Its major objectives are to preserve the native culture and spirituality and to heal from substance abuse. [4] The Kateri vision includes an enculturated church in a just society, with a healing of divisions among people with respect for differences. [5] [6]

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According to the Black and Indian Mission Office, Kateri "empowers Native American Catholics in the Pacific Northwest to serve their People and affirm their cultural and spiritual identity. KNMI encourages the People to take responsibility for the religious life of their local community." [7]

Spokane's Gonzaga Jesuits created the idea of Kateri and a group now meets at St. Joseph Family Center near Gonzaga University. This group serves the Plateau Tribes from the Umatilla, the Nez Perce, the Yakama, the Spokane, the Coeur d'Alene, and the Colville Reservations, along with the urban Indian community. The group uses as a resource The Country of the Senomtuse by Andy Joseph. [8]

Gonzaga University private Catholic university in Spokane, Washington, USA

Gonzaga University is a private, Roman Catholic university in Spokane, Washington. It is accredited, as an institution, by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, the university is named for the young Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga. It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The campus houses 105 buildings on 152 acres of grassland alongside the Spokane River, in a residential setting one-half-mile (800 m) from downtown Spokane.

Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau ethnic group

Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau, also referred to by the phrase Indigenous peoples of the Plateau, and historically called the Plateau Indians are indigenous peoples of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, and the non-coastal regions of the United States Pacific Northwest states.

Umatilla people ethnic group

The Umatilla are a Sahaptin-speaking Native American tribe who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States, along the Umatilla and Columbia rivers.

Great Falls was the first group going back to KNMI's inception in 1989, bringing together at the Ursuline Centre in Great Falls, Montana, people from the surrounding cities. Besides Catholic liturgy and spirituality adapted to their culture, they study a book on their past practices by Chief Long Standing Bear. [9]

Ursulines religious institutes of the Catholic Church

The term Ursulines refers to a number of religious institutes of the Catholic Church. The best known group was founded in 1535 at Brescia, Italy, by Angela Merici (1474–1540), for the education of girls and the care of the sick and needy. Their patron saint is Saint Ursula. They are divided into two branches, one being the monastic Order of St. Ursula, among whom the largest group is the Ursulines of the Roman Union, described in this article. The other branch is the Company of St. Ursula, commonly called the "Angelines", who follow the original form of life established by their foundress.

Great Falls, Montana City and County seat in Montana, United States

Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The 2017 census estimate put the population at 58,638. The population was 58,505 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County and has a population of 82,278. Great Falls was the largest city in Montana from 1950 to 1970, when Billings surpassed it. Great Falls remained the second largest city in Montana until 2000, when it was passed by Missoula. Since then Great Falls has been the third largest city in the state.

St. Ignatius and Sacred Heart in Arlee host this group at Arlee on alternate weekends. The group includes the Plains Indians, the Native Peoples of the Flathead and the Blackfeet Tribes. [10]

Plains Indians Native Americans/First Nations peoples of the Great Plains of North America.

Plains Indians, Interior Plains Indians or Indigenous people of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have traditionally lived on the greater Interior Plains in North America. Their historic nomadic culture and development of equestrian culture and resistance to domination by the government and military forces of Canada and the United States have made the Plains Indian culture groups an archetype in literature and art for American Indians everywhere.

Flathead Indian Reservation Indian reservation in Montana, United States

The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles tribes - also known as the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. The reservation was created through the July 16, 1855, Treaty of Hellgate.

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References

  1. ↑ Dutch da whois. Accessed 28 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Gladden, Matthew. "National Jesuit News Articles:The Dialogue of Experience: Reflections on Good Friday at Pine Ridge". groups.creighton.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  3. ↑ "KATERI NORTHWEST MINISTRY INSTITUTE Credit report". washington.intercreditreport.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. ↑ "Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute". katerinmi.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. ↑ "Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute". katerinmi.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  6. 1 2 Patrick J. Twohy, S.J. Finding a Way Home: Indian & Catholic Spiritual Paths of the Plateau Tribes. 2009. ISBN   0962341800.
  7. ↑ "Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions | Black and Indian Mission". blackandindianmission.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  8. ↑ "Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute". katerinmi.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  9. ↑ "Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute". katerinmi.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  10. ↑ "Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute". katerinmi.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  11. ↑ Harold E. Gray Long Standing Bear. Ni Kso Ko Wa: Blackfoot Spirituality, Traditions, Values and Beliefs. Spirit Talk Printing, 1991. ISBN   0963514814.
  12. ↑ Edwina Gateley. Soul Sisters: Women in Scripture Speak to Women Today. New York: Orbis Books, 2002. ISBN   1570754438.
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