Elizabeth Ann Seton

My January Companion: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

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It’s that time of the year when many of us enlist the help of an online saint generator to randomly select a saint who journeys with us throughout the year. Rather than journeying with one random saint this year, I’ll walk with at least twelve. Think of it as a saint of the month club. My January saint of the month is Elizabeth Ann Seton – daughter, wife, mother, widow, friend and the first American-born saint.

A Saint on American Soil

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“The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will.” — Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton The first native born saint of the United States of America, Elizabeth Ann Seton … [Read more…]