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9/14/2007, 06:17 AM
Sept. 14, 1975: American canonized as saint
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Thirty-two years ago, Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized by Pope Paul VI at the Vatican in Rome, becoming the first American-born Roman Catholic saint.
Born in New York City in 1774, Elizabeth Bayley was the daughter of an Episcopalian physician. She devoted much of her time to charity work with the poor and in 1797 founded the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children in New York.
She married William Seton, and in 1803 she traveled with him to Italy, where she was exposed to the Roman Catholic Church. After she herself was widowed and left with five children in 1803, she converted to Catholicism and in 1808 went to Baltimore to establish a Catholic school for girls.
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In 1809, she founded the United States' first religious order, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph. A few months later, Mother Seton and the sisters of the order moved to a poor parish where they provided free education to poor children.
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The national shrine to St. Elizabeth Seton is in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
This was the home of St. Elizabeth from 1809–1821 and the motherhouse of her Sisters of Charity. Among the notable sites on its grounds are the sisters' original house and the basilica in which the saint's remains are housed.
Mother Seton's order grew rapidly, and she continued to teach until her death in 1821. In 1856, Seton Hall University was named for her. Her religious order flourished, not without difficulty, and today six branches of the Sisters of Charity trace their origin to Elizabeth Seton.
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Seton Hall University, founded in 1856, is the largest and oldest diocesan university in the country. It is located in East Orange, NJ.
The nearest Setonian branch to the Sooner State is the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth in northeast Kansas. That branch evolved from a small group of nuns who came out from St. Louis in the early 1850's to bring health care and education to the Kansas frontier.
Today, they operate a college in Leavenworth (St. Mary College) and a health care system (SCLHS). In the Kansas City metro, their holdings include Providence Medical Center in KC, KS and St. John Hospital in Leavenworth.
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The SCLHS System is made up of a total of nine hospitals and four stand-alone clinics located in the states of California, Colorado, Kansas, and Montana. Its St. Joseph Hospital in Denver is the largest private teaching hospital between the Mississippi and California.
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Thirty-two years ago, Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized by Pope Paul VI at the Vatican in Rome, becoming the first American-born Roman Catholic saint.
Born in New York City in 1774, Elizabeth Bayley was the daughter of an Episcopalian physician. She devoted much of her time to charity work with the poor and in 1797 founded the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children in New York.
She married William Seton, and in 1803 she traveled with him to Italy, where she was exposed to the Roman Catholic Church. After she herself was widowed and left with five children in 1803, she converted to Catholicism and in 1808 went to Baltimore to establish a Catholic school for girls.
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In 1809, she founded the United States' first religious order, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph. A few months later, Mother Seton and the sisters of the order moved to a poor parish where they provided free education to poor children.
http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/27774/2001671975852876009_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001671975852876009)
The national shrine to St. Elizabeth Seton is in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
This was the home of St. Elizabeth from 1809–1821 and the motherhouse of her Sisters of Charity. Among the notable sites on its grounds are the sisters' original house and the basilica in which the saint's remains are housed.
Mother Seton's order grew rapidly, and she continued to teach until her death in 1821. In 1856, Seton Hall University was named for her. Her religious order flourished, not without difficulty, and today six branches of the Sisters of Charity trace their origin to Elizabeth Seton.
http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/28885/2001646225980932370_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001646225980932370)
Seton Hall University, founded in 1856, is the largest and oldest diocesan university in the country. It is located in East Orange, NJ.
The nearest Setonian branch to the Sooner State is the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth in northeast Kansas. That branch evolved from a small group of nuns who came out from St. Louis in the early 1850's to bring health care and education to the Kansas frontier.
Today, they operate a college in Leavenworth (St. Mary College) and a health care system (SCLHS). In the Kansas City metro, their holdings include Providence Medical Center in KC, KS and St. John Hospital in Leavenworth.
http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/29369/2001610839938324250_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001610839938324250)
The SCLHS System is made up of a total of nine hospitals and four stand-alone clinics located in the states of California, Colorado, Kansas, and Montana. Its St. Joseph Hospital in Denver is the largest private teaching hospital between the Mississippi and California.
http://aycu36.webshots.com/image/27875/2001644392820577974_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001644392820577974)