Product Details

• Actors: Kate Mulgrew; Jean-Pierre Aumont; Rossano Brazzi; John Forsythe; Lorne Greene; Jean LeClerc; Leonard Mann (II); Robin Clarke; William Prince; Dominic Chianese; George Murdock; Milo O'Shea; Danny Moran; Todd Fine; Timothy Patrick Murphy; Erica Katz; Amy Linker; Ellen Barber; Doug Johnson; Sharon Foote
• Directors: Michael O'Herlihy
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Vision Video
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 1980
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000DHFG1
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,495 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

This is the inspiring story of America's first native-born saint, Mother Seton. Kate Mulgrew gives a moving performance as St. Elizabeth Seton, a convert to Catholicism who overcame the great tragedy of the deaths of her young husband and two children, and went on to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American Catholic schools. A film of unusual strength and beauty. Also starring Lorne Greene, John Forsythe, and Rossano Brazzi.

DVD Features:

Languages: English

Subtitles: None

Scene Selections

Bonus Material:

Biographical information on three leading actors

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time For A Change, December 15, 2001

By	Susan Waszak (Chattanooga, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Time for Miracles [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this day and age when the majority of movies consist of explosions, profanity, and lame plots, it's nice to go back a few years and enjoy a film like "A Time for Miracles." Based on the life of Elizabeth Seton, this movie encompasses the difficult aspects of doing God's Work and accepting the consequences from it. A very young Kate Mulgrew gives a believable performance as Elizabeth, although her old-age make-up lacks considerably. John Forsythe and Lorne Greene also star rounding out a rather high caliber cast for a work of this nature.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saint Catherine Ann Sutton, January 3, 2007

By	Joseph Saikali (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie shows the hardship that Catholics had in the early 1800s. It shows, as well, that a determined believer can reach to one's goal of helping the public by educating their children and instilling in them the goodness that pays at the end.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Family Movie, May 26, 2007

By	annie "grannieannie" (Mid-MI) - See all my reviews

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie of the life of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint. It is very well done and is well suited for family viewing as few films are today.

While the movie is pleasant and easy to watch, there certainly is suffering in Mother Seton's life when she is widowed while so young and later loses two of her children. She was a great example to those who knew her. Mother Seton died in 1821 at the age of 46, only sixteen years after becoming a Catholic. She was canonized on September 14, 1975.