Visitor Center

We suggest that all visitors begin the self-guided tour at the Museum and Video/Orientation Theater. The Gift Shop is located within the Visitors Center and you are invited to browse before leaving. More...

Basilica

Italian and German artisans designed the interior of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Built in 1965, it was designated a Minor Basilica by Pope John Paul II, and later dedicated in 1991. Thousands of visitors are welcomed to the Basilica each year. More...

Stone House (circa 1750)

The Stone House was the first permanent home of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Saint Joseph's Valley in Emmitsburg. Here she founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's on July 31, 1809. In 1979, the house was moved from its original site overlooking Toms Creek to its present location and was later restored.. More...

White House (circa 1810)

The White House is not a replica, but a restoration of the "house in the fields" that was built during the winter of 1809-1810, when Mother Seton needed an expanded home. Mother Seton named this building Saint Joseph's House. It is here where she lived there until her death in 1821. More...

Old Cemetery & Mortuary Chapel

Mother Seton's original burial place was located on these grounds until her Beatification in 1963, as well as the Mortuary Chapel built in remembrance by her sons. This is the resting place of several of her family members and many of the early Sisters of Charity. More...

Altar of Relics

In the northern bay of the Basilica beneath this Altar rest the treasured relics of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, enclosed in marble in a small copper casket. A white marble statue of Saint Elizabeth Ann depicts her dressed in the habit that she and her Sisters of Charity wore in 1809. More...

Be sure to start your tour at the Visitor Center.  Don't forget to tell us about your visit to the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.