Dear Reader: Saints Be Praised!
This month, to commemorate the feast of All Saints, we are offering a lineup of articles that acknowledge and celebrate a handful of saints and blesseds.
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Elizabeth Ann Seton: Pioneer Saint of a Young Nation
It was exactly three quarters of the way into the 20th century before the United States could claim its first native-born saint: Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton.
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From Widow’s Grief to New Life
Mired in grief over the loss of her husband, this college professor found a kindred spirit in another widow: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
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Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Profoundly Human Saint
Daughter, wife, mother, widow, friend—all of these describe this first American-born saint.
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Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Patron Saint in Times of Quarantine
At the beginning of the 19th century, New York City was a prosperous urban development. With a population of some 60,000 at the time, it served as a primary center for trade.
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Notes from a Friar: Thank You, St. Elizabeth Seton
Elizabeth Seton had no special gifts. She was not a mystic or stigmatic. She did not prophesy or speak in tongues. She had two great devotions: abandonment to the will of God and an ardent love for the Eucharist.
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