Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity Alma Power-Waters Vision Books In 1975, Mother Elizabeth Seton was canonized as America's first native-born Roman Catholic saint. This Vision Book tells the inspiring true story of the life of Elizabeth Bayley Seton from her childhood in a distinguished New York family to her becoming a Sister and foundress of an American religious order. Born in 1774, Elizabeth Bayley grew up in a well-to-do Protestant family and seemed destined for a tranquil life. At age 19 she married William Seton and together they had five children. Tragedy struck when William died of tuberculosis in 1803. Elizabeth learned that her family fortune was lost as well. She converted to Catholicism at a time when Catholics were the object of persecutions in the United States. Her family was shocked by this decision. Elizabeth met Bishop Carrol of Maryland, and he gave her the inspiration to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American parochial Catholic school. In time her order of Sisters flourished, and they established more schools, orphanages and hospitals across the United States. At her early death (46 years old) Mother Seton's congregation numbered twenty-one communities throughout the country.
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Mother Seatons life is a well written ,well recearshed accurate portrayal of a great person.I think all Catholics would enjoy this interesting book.
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ELIZABETH ANN BAYLEY stood at the dining room window of her father's house on the Battery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mother Seton, New York, Saint Peter, Sister Elizabeth, Saint Mary, Saint Vincent, Sisters of Charity, Captain O'Brien, State Street, Antonio Filicchi, Father O'Brien, Maria Murphy, New Rochelle, Paca Street, Stone Street, William Seton, Aunt Julia, Sister Maria, Uncle William, Castel Filicchi, Doctor Bayley, Miss Jenny O'Jones, Georgetown College, Trinity Church New!
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ELIZABETH ANN BAYLEY stood at the dining room window of her father's house on the Battery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mother Seton, New York, Saint Peter, Sister Elizabeth, Saint Mary, Saint Vincent, Sisters of Charity, Captain O'Brien, State Street, Antonio Filicchi, Father O'Brien, Maria Murphy, New Rochelle, Paca Street, Stone Street, William Seton, Aunt Julia, Sister Maria, Uncle William, Castel Filicchi, Doctor Bayley, Miss Jenny O'Jones, Georgetown College, Trinity Church New!
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