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The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Coronavirus Notice
We are open! We are happy to share that the Seton Shrine Visitor Center, Gift Shop, and Basilica are open to the public and resume operating hours of Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm. Visitors must wear a facial covering. Tours will continue to be offered on Fridays and Saturdays.
See our updated Mass and Basilica schedule at setonshrine.org/mass-and-confession.
The health and safety of our visitors and staff is of utmost importance, and we've taken care to put precautions in place to keep our visitors and staff safe. For more details, visit setonshrine.org/coronavirus.
What's Coming Up View Full Calendar →
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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 outdoor overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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Open Air (FREE!) Historic Homes Tours
We welcome you to join us for free, open air Historic Homes Tours. With a guide, explore our historic sites and discover the life and legacy of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. On the Historic Homes Tour, you’ll see the two homes where Elizabeth Ann lived and worked, and learn about life…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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Daily Mass in Basilica
Join us as we celebrate Mass in the Basilica Monday through Friday. Mass is at 1:30pm Monday through Friday. Confession and Adoration are available before Mass at 12:15-1:15pm. Mass and Adoration will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and on our website. Please wear a facial covering and maintain a social distance of six feet…
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Open Air (FREE!) Historic Homes Tours
We welcome you to join us for free, open air Historic Homes Tours. With a guide, explore our historic sites and discover the life and legacy of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. On the Historic Homes Tour, you’ll see the two homes where Elizabeth Ann lived and worked, and learn about life…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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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 outdoor overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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Our Biggest Sale Ever!
Come by the Seton Shrine Gift Shop for our biggest sale ever! THOUSANDS of items will bemarked down at least 40%, and all proceeds directly benefit the mission of the Seton Shrine. Sale runs only 8 days! The sale runs Wed 8.12 – Wed 8.19 and will be held in the theatre on the ground floor (just across…
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Open Air (FREE!) Historic Homes Tours
We welcome you to join us for free, open air Historic Homes Tours. With a guide, explore our historic sites and discover the life and legacy of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. On the Historic Homes Tour, you’ll see the two homes where Elizabeth Ann lived and worked, and learn about life…
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Daily Mass in Basilica
Join us as we celebrate Mass in the Basilica Monday through Friday. Mass is at 1:30pm Monday through Friday. Confession and Adoration are available before Mass at 12:15-1:15pm. Mass and Adoration will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and on our website. Please wear a facial covering and maintain a social distance of six feet…
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Open Air (FREE!) Historic Homes Tours
We welcome you to join us for free, open air Historic Homes Tours. With a guide, explore our historic sites and discover the life and legacy of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. On the Historic Homes Tour, you’ll see the two homes where Elizabeth Ann lived and worked, and learn about life…
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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 outdoor overflow area will be available for Mass where visitors can hear the audio of the Mass and also…
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Open Air (FREE!) Historic Homes Tours
We welcome you to join us for free, open air Historic Homes Tours. With a guide, explore our historic sites and discover the life and legacy of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. On the Historic Homes Tour, you’ll see the two homes where Elizabeth Ann lived and worked, and learn about life…
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Daily Mass in Basilica
Join us as we celebrate Mass in the Basilica Monday through Friday. Mass is at 1:30pm Monday through Friday. Confession and Adoration are available before Mass at 12:15-1:15pm. Mass and Adoration will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and on our website. Please wear a facial covering and maintain a social distance of six feet…
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Open Air (FREE!) Historic Homes Tours
We welcome you to join us for free, open air Historic Homes Tours. With a guide, explore our historic sites and discover the life and legacy of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. On the Historic Homes Tour, you’ll see the two homes where Elizabeth Ann lived and worked, and learn about life…
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Celebrate Mother Seton’s Birthday!
Join us Sunday, August 30th for our first event in months! We will be celebrating Mother Seton’s 246th birthday all afternoon long, beginning with Mass at 1:30pm where we will have a special Backpack Blessing for those returning to school. Immediately following, the celebration moves outdoors where historic games, colonial dance, and a passport to history will engage those of all ages. And our Junior History Interpreters who…
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Pilgrimage for the Sea Services
Join us as we honor St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Patroness of Sea Services, and the military personnel who’ve served in a division of the Sea Services.
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Back from the Dead Cemetery Walk
Back from the Dead Cemetery Walks take place October 16-18, 23-25, 30-31 and November 1 in the historic cemetery at the Seton Shrine, located at 339 South Seton Avenue in Emmitsburg, MD. Learn more about the walk in the video below. On the Cemetery Walk, as a guide leads you through the dark…
Latest News and Reflections View All →
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The Fervor of Elizabeth Ann Seton
| The example of Peter during the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor warns us against taking easy roads to holiness, a lesson that Mother Seton embodied in her life. She always stayed on the narrow path, walking alongside Christ, all the way to heaven.
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. John Vianney Remind Us That Jesus is Here, Alive in Our Hearts
| Adoring Christ in the Eucharist with reverence and devotion leads us to love him more and to know his presence in our lives.
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Mother Seton and St. Ignatius: Vastly Different; One in Christ
| When we see ourselves in the light of eternity, we know that the pains and sorrows of this world are nothing compared with the glories of heaven.
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Women of the Beatitudes: St. Martha and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
| St. Martha is counted as one of the blessed, despite her fears and anxieties, and difficulties in understanding her vocation. What she and Mother Seton teach us is that only in Christ’s call for our lives do we find true joy and consolation.
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Giving Our Hearts to God with St. Anne and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
| Throughout their lives, St. Anne and Mother Seton had little idea of the glorious destiny God had in mind for them. They show us how to be faithful to God in all things, and to trust in his perfect plan for our lives.
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Discovering the True Simplicity of Sainthood With St. Mary Magdalene and Mother Seton
| In the lives of these two saints – one so modern, the other so ancient – the Church reminds us of what it means to be a saint: staying close to Christ.
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton — Two Saints Guiding Us Through Hard Times
| Faith is not free; it comes with a cost. But that cost seems small when compared with the immense riches of grace.
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Praying and Working with St. Benedict and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
| Like Saint Benedict, the father of western monasticism, Mother Seton’s life was grounded in contemplation and action. She was a woman of prayer who put all of her energy into the work God called her towards, always trusting in Grace.
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St. John the Baptist, Mother Seton and the Meaning of Birthdays
| Everyone loves a birthday, but St. Elizabeth Ann Seton intuitively saw something the Catholic Church also uniquely sees: Birthdays have a deep and powerful meaning.
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Following Mother Seton’s Path Into the Sacred Heart of Jesus
| Devotion to the Sacred Heart teaches us that the way of the saints is not about an abstract ideal or rules for life, but about the unfathomable love of God, who we embrace—blood, sweat and all.
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St. Anthony and Mother Seton Show Us It’s the Little Things
| Lost car keys or a feverish child might not seem like a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it’s in the little things that we find, every day, a multitude of ways to love.
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Beloved Daughter and Woman of the Trinity
| Through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we can rest in the community of love that is the Triune God. Mother Seton shows us how to immerse ourselves in the life of the Blessed Trinity as God’s beloved sons and daughters.
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.
Read MoreElizabeth 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.
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.