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The 1818 Experience
It’s 1818 and St. Joseph’s Academy is alive and active with students. Our Junior History Interpretors will portray real students and will teach visitors what daily life was like as a student under Mother Seton’s care. Sundays: 1pm-4pm, Last Admission at 3:30pm Cost: $10/adult, $7/youth ages 7-18, and free for children ages six and under.…
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Civil War Sisters Tour
On this specialty tour, discover all that the Sisters experienced around the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, and how they cared for the wounded on both sides. As the bloodiest battle of the Civil War raged just miles from the peaceful home of the Sisters, they could not ignore the call for help. After…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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The 1818 Experience
It’s 1818 and St. Joseph’s Academy is alive and active with students. Our Junior History Interpretors will portray real students and will teach visitors what daily life was like as a student under Mother Seton’s care. Sundays: 1pm-4pm, Last Admission at 3:30pm Cost: $10/adult, $7/youth ages 7-18, and free for children ages six and under.…
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Door to Bethlehem
On the first Christmas Eve, Joseph and Mary wandered through the streets of Bethlehem, looking for shelter. All doors, however, were shut to them. No one would welcome them into their home. In our busy lives today, we too may shut the door to our hearts on Jesus and His family. Open your heart and…
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Door to Bethlehem
On the first Christmas Eve, Joseph and Mary wandered through the streets of Bethlehem, looking for shelter. All doors, however, were shut to them. No one would welcome them into their home. In our busy lives today, we too may shut the door to our hearts on Jesus and His family. Open your heart and…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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Door to Bethlehem
On the first Christmas Eve, Joseph and Mary wandered through the streets of Bethlehem, looking for shelter. All doors, however, were shut to them. No one would welcome them into their home. In our busy lives today, we too may shut the door to our hearts on Jesus and His family. Open your heart and…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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Christmas Eve Mass
Join us as we joyfully anticipate the birth of Jesus Christ! The Basilica closes at 3pm and reopens on December 24 at 7:30pm for Mass at 8:30pm and Mass at 11pm. If you can’t make it to Mass on Christmas Eve, we welcome you to join us for Christmas Day Mass at 11am.
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Christmas Day Mass
We welcome everyone to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with us! The Basilica will open at 10am and Mass will be celebrated at 11am. Our regular hours resume on Thursday, December 26.
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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200th Anniversary Feast Day Mass
Join us on January 4, 2021 to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Mother Seton’s Death at the Feast Day Mass. Two Masses will be celebrated this year. The 11:30am Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop William Lori. Seating will be very limited due to restrictions. You can watch the 11:30am est Mass live on EWTN.…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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Sunday Mass 1:30PM
Please join us for Mass on Sundays at 11am and 1:30pm in the Basilica. Confession is available from 12:15-1:15pm in the Basilica lobby area. Adoration will be available in the Basilica from 12:15-1:15pm. If necessary, an overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also receive…
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The Cry of the Heart: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Christ the King
| As Americans, we instinctively resist any sort of absolute authority. How fitting then that it was by letting herself be ruled by Christ, the King, that Elizabeth Ann Seton—the first American-born saint—showed her fellow Americans where liberation must begin: in Him.
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Imitating St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Maternal Heart
| The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a day to reflect on the gift of maternity in all its forms, and to consider the example of Mother Seton, who stepped into the hard tasks of motherhood with courage and unswerving faith.
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Towers of Grace: Mother Seton and St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
| Our Lord, the supernatural architect of our lives, builds with blocks of grace.
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Through Life’s Ups and Downs With Mother Cabrini and Mother Seton
| Like Mother Seton, Mother Cabrini is a saint whose life helps us to remember God’s perspective when we’re in the middle of setbacks and frustrations. No apparent failure is so devastating that He can’t bring good from it.
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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Virtues of Veterans
| Veterans Day honors those who have served in the military, and is also the feast day of the soldier St. Martin of Tours. The virtues of obedience, humility and sacrifice, which are shared by soldiers and saints, were evident in the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, who left hearth and home to do spiritual battle for the Kingdom of Christ.
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In Troubled Times, Look to Leo the Great and Mother Seton
| The Saints who have gone before us show us how to live with the terrors and incivilities of our times.
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Growing in Humility with St. Charles Borromeo and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
| Humility consists in embracing God and his ways over the ways of the earth, no matter the cost.
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Humble Nobility of All Souls Day
| Before she became a foundress and a saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton was a wife, a mother, a teacher. On All Souls Day, her example reminds us of the dignity of the ordinary faithful who keep things going, bearing everyday witness to the power and value of a life in Christ.
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The Saints Want Us to Be With Them
| St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, like so many other saints, took inspiration from the lives of those who came before her. For All Saints Day, why not copy the venerable practice of seeking out a patron saint to teach you throughout the next liturgical year?
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The Zeal of the Saints: Simon, Jude, and Elizabeth Ann Seton
| What binds Saints Simon and Jude together, aside from their common feast day, is the zealous abandonment embraced by every saint, including Elizabeth Ann Seton, who recognized that each of us is an “impossible cause” searching for God’s mercy.
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton as a Model of John Paul II’s “Feminine Genius”
| St. John Paul II’s description of the beauty of authentic womanhood meets fulfillment in the life and work of Mother Seton.
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Hitting Rock Bottom and Staying There: Jean de Brebeuf and Mother Seton
| In situations of explosive uncertainty, we need to cling to the single thread that is God.
Home of the First American-Born Saint
Discover the inspirational life and legacy of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Seton Shrine Museum
Begin your visit with a brief film about Elizabeth Ann Seton and browsing our exhibits. including our latest, Sisters Today: A World of Difference.
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The Basilica
Awe-inspiring and amazing are a few words people have used to describe the Basilica.
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Civil War Sisters
Discover how the Daughters and Sisters of Charity continued Elizabeth Ann Seton’s ministry of charity, helping those who were in need or wounded during the Civil War.
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The Stone House
Step back in time while you tour the Stone House, which was originally built in the mid-1700s.
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The White House
This historic home was built in 1810 when Elizabeth Ann Seton realized one home wasn’t enough for all that she had in mind.
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St. Joseph's Cemetery
In 1809, Mother Seton and her companions took a walk through the dense woods on their property to select a site for a cemetery.
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The First American-Born Saint
Elizabeth Ann Seton was a wife and mother, and then found herself a widow at just 29 years old in 1803. Despite the hardships that she faced, she went on to do amazing work, and eventually became the first American-born saint in 1975. Visit this historic site and Shrine and see the museum, her historic homes, and the Basilica dedicated to her.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
The First American-Born Saint
Elizabeth Ann Seton was a wife and mother, and then found herself a widow at just 29 years old in 1803. Despite the hardships that she faced, she went on to do amazing work, and eventually became the first American-born saint in 1975. Visit this historic site and Shrine and see the museum, her historic homes, and the Basilica dedicated to her.