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Born Elizabeth Ann Bayley in New York City, Mother Seton is a saint of firsts: first American-born saint, leader of the first Catholic girls' school (and the first free Catholic school of any kind) in the United States, and foundress of the first American order of religious sisters -- the Sisters of Charity.
Elizabeth was born into a prominent Anglican family and was married in the Anglican Church. With her sister-in-law, Rebecca, she tended to the poor around New York, earning a reputation for her compassion and mercy. In 1803, she traveled to Italy with her ailing husband in the hope that the climate would aid his recovery.
William Seton died in Italy later that year, but in her grief Elizabeth discovered a new love: the Catholic Church. She scandalized her Protestant family and friends by being received into the Church in New York City on Ash Wednesday, 1805.
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ew York no longer hospitable to her Catholic zeal, Elizabeth suffered through some trying years before finding a haven in Baltimore. I twas there that she channeled her passion for service into girls' education. She also pursued her dream of religious life, fashioning a rudimentary habit in the style of nuns she had seen in Italy. Other women were drawn to her, and in 1809 the Sisters of Charity was born, based on the example of St. Vincent de Paul.
Mother Seton died in 1821 in Emmitsburgh, Maryland, where her school still sands. In her refusal to let the social pressures of her station restrain her witness to the Catholic Faith -- in word and deed -- she is a wonderful example for us in a secularizing world.
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It’s that time of year when we make resolutions to shore up our health, our finances, our relationships. Why not do the same for your spiritual life in 2018?
What wisdom Holy Mother Church has in dedicating the first day of the year to Mary, Mother of God!Mary is the Mother of God and she is our mother, too. Her fiat is the genesis of every fiat given to God. And every fiat given to God is enriched by hers. The fathers of the Second Vatican Council state it simply, succinctly, and profoundly: she is our Mother in the order of grace.
This poem, written by Giovanni Domini (1356-142), expresses the maternal beatitude we find so dear. May it elevate our hearts in gratitude to God for the gift of the Blessed Virgin. And may it elevate our hearts to the reality of our salvation which comes through the gift of her Son, Jesus Christ Savior of the World.
Every year on this day we celebrate our Emmanuel – our “God is with us” – but did you ever wonder what it really means? Can anyone living in an age of iPods, smart phones and WIFI ever really experience the “God with us” in everyday life?
The role of women in the world has never been as important as it is today, which is why so many Catholic women are deciding the time has come to hone their leadership skills in the first-of-its-kind Catholic Women’s Leadership Studies Program of the Benedicta Leadership Institute for Women.
(L/R) Women of Grace® members Tricia Boylan, Mary Ann Wheeler and her daugher, Patsy Ann Merrell with Pilgrim Virgin statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the Rosary rally.Women of Grace®members who participated in a prayerful protest to prevent a satanic display from being erected in a public park in Florida are overjoyed to report that the display will NOT be erected this year!
Thanks to the hard work of Women of Grace and the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Joseph’s Church in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, dozens of women were able to enjoy an afternoon of reflection on the meaning of Advent.
This beautiful Rosary witness was sent to us by Sue Walker, a Women of Grace member from St. Joan of Arc parish in Boca Raton, Florida.
Susan Brinkmann speaks at the Harrisburg Diocesan Women's Conference on October 14By Jen Reed, The Catholic Witness
Pray for the conversion of hearts – as the Blessed Mother instructed at Fatima – and the world will change.
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