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The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Shrine will be closed January 18th due to inclement weather.
We pray for the safety of everyone who must travel in the snow.
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Mass for Life
Whether you will be traveling back from the March for Life or unable to attend the march, we invite you to join us for our Mass for Life on Saturday, January 25 at 4pm. If you would like to schedule a tour with your group, email Lissa Jungbluth at lissa.jungbluth@setonshrine.org.
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February Film Series – Inside Out
Featuring – Inside Out We welcome everyone to the Seton Shrine February Film Series, featuring a variety of family friendly films. This week join us for a screening of Inside Out. Rated PG, Inside Out received a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. View the Word on Fire review here. This free showing takes place in the…
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February Film Series – Paddington 2
Featuring – Paddington 2 We welcome everyone to the Seton Shrine February Film Series, featuring a variety of family friendly films. This week join us for a screening of Paddington 2. Rated PG, Paddington 2 received a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. CNS recommends this movie for viewers of all ages. This free showing takes place…
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February Film Series – The Hobbit
Featuring – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey We welcome everyone to the Seton Shrine February Film Series, featuring a variety of family friendly films. This week join us for a screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Rated PG-13, The Hobbit received a Fan Review of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. See the Word on Fire…
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February Film Series – Big Hero 6
Featuring – Big Hero 6 We welcome everyone to the Seton Shrine February Film Series, featuring a variety of family friendly films. This week join us for a screening of Big Hero 6. Rated PG, read Focus on the Family’s review here. This free showing takes place in the theatre that is located in the…
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Ash Wednesday Mass
Please join us for Ash Wednesday Mass which will be held at our regular time, 1:30pm. May God bless you as we begin this season of Lent.
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Stations of the Cross
Join us after Mass every Friday during Lent as we pray Stations of the Cross. Stations will be held in our Historic Cemetery or in the Basilica, so please dress accordingly.
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February Film Series – The Wizard of Oz
Featuring – The Wizard of Oz We welcome everyone to the Seton Shrine February Film Series, featuring a variety of family friendly films. This week join us for a screening of The Wizard of Oz. Rated PG, The Wizard of Oz received a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. Vatican Film List recommends this movie for viewers…
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Stations of the Cross
Join us after Mass every Friday during Lent as we pray Stations of the Cross. Stations will be held in our Historic Cemetery or in the Basilica, so please dress accordingly.
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Lenten Retreat #1
The Shrine will host a series of Lenten Retreats again this year. Save the following dates: Saturday, March 7th; Friday, March 20th; and Friday, April 3rd. More details to come.
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Stations of the Cross
Join us after Mass every Friday during Lent as we pray Stations of the Cross. Stations will be held in our Historic Cemetery or in the Basilica, so please dress accordingly.
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St. Patrick’s Day Concert
Join us after Mass for a FREE Celtic concert to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. More info to come.
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Lenten Retreat #2
The Shrine will host a series of Lenten Retreats again this year. Save the following dates: Friday, March 20th; and Friday, April 3rd. More details to come.
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St. Joseph’s Valley Days
Experience spring in St. Joseph’s Valley! Come see what it was like as the daffodils started to break through the snow and the warm breeze revisited Mary’s mountain. More info to come.
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Stations of the Cross
Join us after Mass every Friday during Lent as we pray Stations of the Cross. Stations will be held in our Historic Cemetery or in the Basilica, so please dress accordingly.
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St. Joseph’s Valley Days
Experience spring in St. Joseph’s Valley! Come see what it was like as the daffodils started to break through the snow and the warm breeze revisited Mary’s mountain. More info to come.
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Stations of the Cross
Join us after Mass every Friday during Lent as we pray Stations of the Cross. Stations will be held in our Historic Cemetery or in the Basilica, so please dress accordingly.
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Lenten Retreat #3
The Shrine will host a series of Lenten Retreats again this year. More details to come.
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Stations of the Cross
Join us after Mass every Friday during Lent as we pray Stations of the Cross. Stations will be held in our Historic Cemetery or in the Basilica, so please dress accordingly.
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Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper
All are welcome to join us for Mass on Holy Thursday at 7:30pm in the Basilica. Holy Thursday begins the sacred celebration of the Easter Triduum. Over these next few days, we acknowledge Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice to save us from sin, as well as celebrate his resurrection. There is no 1:30 Mass this day.
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Good Friday Liturgy of The Lord’s Passion
Join us as Holy Week continues on Good Friday. We will celebrate the Liturgy of The Lord’s Passion in the Basilica at 3pm. Good Friday begins the Easter Triduum, where we enter into Jesus’ last days here on Earth, including his death on the cross. There is no 1:30pm Mass this day.
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Easter Vigil
Join us as we celebrate the Lord’s resurrection at the Easter Vigil, beginning at 8pm.
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Easter Sunday Mass
We welcome everyone to join us as we celebrate the joy of Jesus’ resurrection at Easter Sunday Mass. It takes place at 1:30pm. As we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, the Easter Triduum draws to a close and the week-long observance of Holy Week ends. On Easter Sunday, the Basilica opens at 12pm and closes after Mass…
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Divine Mercy Sunday Holy Hour
Join us as we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday with a Holy Hour beginning after 1:30pm Mass, around 2:45pm. Adoration will take place until 4pm. During the Holy Hour, there will be: Chaplet of Divine Mercy Readings from the diary of St. Faustina Silent prayer Benediction Confession is available prior to Mass from 12:15-1:15pm, as well…
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National Christian Choir Concert
We welcome everyone to join us for a free concert featuring the National Christian Choir. The Choir is an auditioned choir of 160 members whose mission is “to glorify God through a unique ministry of music which draws people into a new and deeper relationship with Him”. Singers come from over 100 different churches within…
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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Birthday Celebration
Join us as we celebrate Mother Seton’s birthday on the last Sunday of August at 1:30pm Mass and afterward on our grounds.
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Archbishop Lori’s Feast Day Homily
| Archbishop Lori was the main celebrant at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Feast Day Mass on January 4th, 2020. If you missed it, you can read his full homily on how she lived a life of love and service despite hardships and challenges.
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Mother Seton, Saint of the Incarnation
| Something powerful always happens when divinity meets humanity. This is best exemplified in the Incarnation, when God took on human flesh, and we see this reflected when ordinary people rise to become saints. Mother Seton’s life speaks to this mystery, and by her example she leads us closer to the Incarnate Word.
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Holy Innocents: Following St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Example to Build a Culture of Life
| Encountering the massacre of the innocents so soon after the joy of Christmas Day is a shock. How should we respond to such massive injustice? Mother Seton showed us that we can transform the world, one person at a time, by responding with love when faced with suffering, without asking “why” or waiting for justice.
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Welcoming the Light of Christmas with Open Hearts and Gratitude
| St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s entire life testified to the meaning of the Incarnation. In Jesus’s vulnerability, He taught us to trust that all of God’s purposes redound to our good. In God’s gift of himself, He taught us how to freely give of ourselves to others.
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To Expect Nothing—and Everything: Advent with John of the Cross and Mother Seton
| St. John of the Cross and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton teach us how to empty ourselves before God as we journey towards Christmas. Elizabeth’s barren womb, John the Baptist’s desert cry, the shepherd’s confusion, and Mary and Joseph in that cold stable—all of them point to the truth of Advent: the whole, poor world is waiting for Jesus to come.
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What Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Message Meant to Mother Seton — And What it Means for Us
| At Guadalupe, our Blessed Mother’s personal relationship with the people of Mexico changed the world. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton discovered the same truth in her own life. When you remember that Jesus and Mary are your family, then truly, anything is possible.
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Witness of the ‘Church of Ambrose’
| St. Elizabeth Ann Seton loved to quote Saint Ambrose, one of the four original Doctors of the Church. On his feast day, we pray that we might follow in his and Mother Seton’s footsteps in teaching the true faith to others — both in words, and in authentic lives of devotion and service.
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Bringing The Seton Shrine To Evansville, IN
| Rob Judge, Executive Director of the Seton Shrine, Sr. Anne Marie Lamoureux, D.C., Maida Connor, Director of Donor Relations, and Tina Heffner, Executive Assistant, recently traveled to Evansville, IN to visit with the Sisters in Residence. During an enjoyable two day visit, the Seton Shrine members gave a presentation to over fifty sisters on the…
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The Top Five Christmas Gifts At The Seton Shrine Gift Shop
| Amidst catching up after a long weekend (with our bellies still full from feasting at Thanksgiving), many of us are realizing that Christmas is just twenty-three days away. The Seton Shrine Gift Shop is here to help! Staff compiled the top five gifts we recommend this year that you can purchase online! And we ship!…
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An Advent Journey With Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
| Over the next four weeks, the Seton Seton will reflect on Mother Seton’s lifelong journey of Advent. Each week we’ll meditate upon how she walked the path each of us must walk and learn from her what it means to cry “Maranatha! Come, Lord!”
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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.
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.