Elizabeth Ann Seton
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| Elizabeth Ann Seton<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"> Elizabeth Ann Seton</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;background-color:gold;">Abbess</td></tr> | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28,1774 in New York City |
| Died | January 4,1821<tr><td>Venerated in</td>
<td>Roman Catholic Church</td></tr><tr><td>Beatified</td> <td>March 17,1963 </td></tr><tr><td>Canonized</td> <td>September 14,1975 </td></tr><tr><td>Major shrine</td> <td>House at 7 State Street in New York City(former residence);Emmitsburg, Maryland(site of her body)</td></tr> |
| Feast | January 4<tr><td>Patronage</td>
<td>death of children; in-law problems; loss of parents; opposition of Church authorities; people ridiculed for their piety; Shreveport, Louisiana; widows</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God as in a constant communication with Him |
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St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (August 28, 1774–January 4 1821) was baptized and raised an Episcopalian but converted to Roman Catholicism on March 14 1805. Due to her conversion she lost the support of her friends and family. Seton and her husband, shipping merchant (and Protestant) William Magee Seton, were New York aristocrats. The Setons went bankrupt in 1803 and William died shortly thereafter. They had five children. Elizabeth died from tuberculosis at the age of 47.
[edit] Works
Elizabeth Ann Seton helped with the formation of the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children, New York's first private charity organization. In 1808, Seton established Saint Joseph's Academy and Free School, a school dedicated to the education of Catholic girls, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, at the invitation of the president of St. Mary's Seminary. St. Joseph's would later merge with St. Mary's to become Mount Saint Mary's College, now Mount Saint Mary's University. She founded the first religious community of apostolic women of the United States, the Sisters of Charity (in the Archdiocese of Baltimore)
[edit] Recognition
Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey, Seton Hill University, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and Elizabeth Seton High School in Maryland, are all named for St. Seton.
On December 18, 1959, Seton was declared Venerable by the Sacred Congregation of the Catholic Church. She was beatified by Pope John XXIII on March 17, 1963 and canonized by Pope Paul VI on September 14, 1975. She is the first United States-born person to be canonized.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the patron saint of widows, children near death, and teachers. Her feast day is January 4.
Her name appears on the front doors to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, describing her as a "Daughter of New York."
[edit] External links
- Brief Biography of Seton
- The Seton Shrine at the New York, NY, Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
- Full text of the homily by Pope Paul VI on the occasion of the cannonization of St. Seton
- The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland
- Seton Hall University
- Seton Hill University
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Salina, Kansas
- Elizabeth Seton School in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Vincentian Studies Institute
- http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=180
- http://mcraeclan.com/Caitlin/SaintEAS/CaitSaintEAS.htm
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13739a.htm
- http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte04.htm
- http://www.emmitsburg.net/setonshrine/
- http://www.sisters-of-charity.org/history.htm
- http://www.seton-parish.org/ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Shrub Oak, NY, USA.
- http://www.setonhs.org/ Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, MD, USA
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