Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the first Catholic Schools in the United States.
Earliest American born saint. She was actively involved in charitable social work and she set up: The Society for the Relief of Poor Widows and Children. In 1809 she founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph. The first homegrown American religious society.
Elizabeth Ann Seton was born on August 28, 1774.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is not a Doctor of the Church.
William Magee Seton was Elizabeth's husband.
Sister Elizabeth Ann Seton did not perform miracles. However, Our Lord did allow the following miracles to happen through the intercession of Sister Elizabeth. 1) The cures of Sister Gertrude Korzendorfer, D.C., (1872-1942), of Saint Louis, of cancer; 2) The cure of a young child, Ann Theresa O'Neill, (b.1948), of Baltimore, from acute, lymphatic leukemia; 3) The miraculous recovery of Carl Kalin, (1902-1976), of New York, from a rare form of encephalitis. The miracles were investigated and allowed to be entered as evidence by the Sacred Congregation of Causes of Saints in the cause of Sister Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Ann Seton fears nothing. She is in heaven where there is nothing to fear there.
Seton Shrine Chapel, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton died on January 4, 1821
Elizabeth Ann Seton was born on August 28, 1774.
No, the body of Elizabeth Ann Seton is not incorrupt.
Dr. Richard Bayley was the father of Elizabeth Ann Seton. She married William Magee Seton, who died of tuberculosis after about 10 years of marriage. Her complete name would be Sister Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton.
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