SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON-PATRON OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

SHE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK IN 1774

• She was the first native-born citizen of the US to be canonized
• She was born an Episcopalian, and born into a wealthy and well known family
• She married William Seton at age nineteen
• Together they had 5 children together

FURTHER LIFE

• William becomes bankrupt from his business
• He later gets tuberculosis and is sent to Italy to get better
• Italy is where Elizabeth was first introduced to Catholicism
• She became a catholic while in Italy
• Unfortunately, William died of tuberculosis

ST ELIZABETH ANN SETON

• Elizabeth returned back to New York after William's death
• Her family abandoned her so she raised 5 kids on her own
• She moved to Emittsburg, Maryland after

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• She established St. Joseph's Academy
• Also, Free School for Catholic girls-first free catholic school in US
• In 1809, became Mother Seton & established the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph
• Which was the 1st religous community for women in the US
• Within ten years, established two orphanages and another school

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• Even though faced with a rough life,she lived with serenity and grace
• In 1821, she died of tuberculosis
• St Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized in 1975
• Her feast day is January 4th