Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. She was born to Episcopalian parents into New York City high society on August 28 ...

American religious sisters like St. Elizabeth Ann Seton have been protagonists in the larger narrative of women's history, but that record has often been eclipsed, according to scholars during a ...

The stained glass windows behind the altar depict landmarks from Seton's spiritual journey such as St. Peter's Church on Barclay Street, where Seton underwent her conversion ceremony, and the ...

Those who visit not only the Gettysburg church but the Emmitsburg Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton are reminded right away that these spots had historical significance during the Civil War by signs ...

The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, begins its yearlong celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of her canonization.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the first congregation of women religious in the US and the first US Catholic girls’ school ...

Monsignor Michael J. Coyne, the founding pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Absecon, died this week, the church said ...

(OSV News) — She was a wife. A mother. A teacher. She was also — as the title of a new exhibit at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, tells visitors — “One of Us.” ...

A statue of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in the Seton Legacy Garden at the Seton Shrine in Maryland. (photo: Courtesy / Seton Shrine) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, whose feast is celebrated on Jan. 4 ...

(OSV News) -- She was a wife. A mother. A teacher. She was also -- as the title of a new exhibit at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, tells visitors -- "One of Us ...