Kateri Tekakwitha Pendant Dove Sue Kouma Johnson painted the

Sue Kouma Johnson painted the Immaculate Heart of Mary with acrylics and colored pencils

Artist Sue Kouma Johnson says

in spite of the objections and ridicule of parents and friends

Sue painted this original in acrylics on an oval canvas

Kateri Tekakwitha Pendant Dove Sue Kouma Johnson painted theKnown as the Lily of the Mohawks, St Kateri was the daughter of a Christian Algonquin who was captured by Iroquois Indians and married to a pagan Mohawk chieftain. She was born in upstate New York and was orphaned at an early age when her parents and siblings died of smallpox. She was left with poor eyesight and a badly disfigured face. However, she was a beautiful soul consecrated to Christ with a vow of virginity. As a Catholic, she was persecuted