Kateri NW Ministries Institute

Kateri Northwest Ministry Institute (KNMI) is a training program in leadership for Native American Catholics. Kateri’s mission is to empower Native American Catholics 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.



The program transforms training into action by involving Native leaders fully in the pastoral education of fellow Native Catholics. Kateri participants become teachers themselves, working in apprenticeship with KNMI staff, a collaboration which enables Native People to take ownership of their place within the local community.

 Our ultimate goal includes training lay leaders in the Native community, healing from substance abuse and dysfunction, and promoting greater involvement of Native People in their larger communities.

The Great Falls group is the only group of participants that has been in existence since the inception of KNMI in 1989. Meeting at the Ursuline Centre in the heart of Great Falls, Montana, Native Peoples of the Plains from Hays, Browning, Heart Butte, Fort Belknap, Billings, and the Urban Great Falls community come together to participate in the Kateri Program.

NEXT URSULINE KATERI RETREAT:

April 16-17, 2027
Gold Room
Overnight accommodations and meals available

Call (406) 452-8585 for details or to RSVP