An Advent Journey with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Read our online meditations to reflect on Mother Seton’s lifelong journey of faith as we await the birth of Jesus.
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The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Candlelight Tours Is Filled With Christmas Spirit
Nov. 26-Dec. 3
Revisit the past in a whole new way during this incredible living history experience! Tickets are now available for the Seton Shrine’s beloved seasonal Candlelight Tours.
Christmas Novena of Masses 2022
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Candlelight Tours: Christmas Saints
Step back in time at the Shrine's Christmas Living History program...
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FREE Celtic Concert by Seasons
Back by popular demand! Come early and attend Candlelight Tours!
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Advent Retreat with Fr. Leo Patalinghug
Prepare for Christmas with this one day retreat held at the Seton Shrine on Saturday, December 10th.
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Wednesday Evening Extended Hours
The Shrine is open until 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings!
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Museums by Candlelight
A county wide event, join us for a special FREE daytime version of Candlelight Tours: Christmas Saints.
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Hands-On History!
Get your silhouette hand cut by guest Professional Artist, Lauren Muney of Silhouette by Hand.
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Feast Day Mass
Mass will be celebrated at 11a.m EST. Attend in person or watch live on EWTN.
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Living History
Engage Living History Interpreters (many of whom are students) portraying real people from Mother Seton’s world. Rain or shine.
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Daily Mass & Adoration
Join us for Adoration and Confession Sun-Fri at 12:15pm-1:15pm. Mass is at 1:30pm.
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Seton Shrine’s Book Club Fosters Friendships in Heaven and on Earth
A moving story from the Seton Shrine about a mother, a sister, a child, and a book club
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Mother Seton Brings Miracles, Hope, & Help to Those on the Sea
Mother Seton, Patroness of the Sea Services, intercedes for a dying soldier…
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The Seton Shrine Ultimate Gift Guide
Get your shopping done online this year!
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Couple Credits Intercession of ‘Spiritual Friends’ Seton and McGivney with Healing
A life threatening situation with a happy ending
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Stepping Out in Faith with St. Francis Xavier and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
| The examples of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Francis Xavier challenge us today. They were each unafraid to seek and preach the truth, despite what others might think or what it might cost them.
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For Advent: Bringing Body and Soul to Christ
| Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s last words were “Be children of the Church.” Advent reminds us that belonging to the Mystical Body of Christ does not depend on our feelings; it depends on our orientation of heart; on where we bring and put our bodies; on a relationship with Christ that is intimate beyond imagining.
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Dorothy Day and Elizabeth Ann Seton: New York Converts on Fire with the Love of Jesus
| Mother Seton and Servant of God Dorothy Day were radical Christians whose good deeds flowed from lives steeped in prayer—the only thing that makes loving with the Heart of Jesus in the world possible.
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The Miraculous Medal: Going to Mary with Mother Seton and St. Catherine Labouré
| Mary holds for us many graces — we need only ask her for them with confidence and love.
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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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Icons of Faith: Blessed Miguel Pro and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
| In the images and mementos of Bl. Miguel Pro’s martyrdom and Mother Seton’s sacrificial life, we see everlasting signs of Christ’s incarnation in the Church and the world.
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Making a Joyful Noise: St. Cecilia and Mother Seton
| St. Cecilia and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, two great saints separated by many centuries, call us to contemplate the beauty of God’s love, the wonders of His Creation, and the powerful effect of beautiful music on our hearts, minds, and souls.
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Imitating Saint 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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Making Jesus the King of Our Busy Lives
| When we celebrate the feast of Christ the King, we proclaim with the Church that Jesus is the “King of the Universe.” Few understood this fact more intensely than Mother Seton. Do we allow Jesus to be the Lord of our lives? Do we accept him as King in all things?
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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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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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The Beauty of Life: Elizabeth of Hungary and Elizabeth Ann Seton
| St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Mother Seton both looked at life with wonder and a willingness to be surprised. These saints knew that nothing happens that is not part of God’s plan, and that His plan is utterly good.
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Translators of the Holy Spirit: Elizabeth Seton and Les Murray
| The saint and the poet lived and wrote to communicate God’s glory and intimacy with humankind.
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Children of the Church: Elizabeth Seton, Sofia Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi
| Their boundless capacity for love, friendship and wonder deepened our understanding of the spirituality of children forever.
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In Praise of Holy Women
| Elizabeth Ann Seton was twenty-years old when the Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne were executed during the French Revolution. A century and a half later Francois Poulenc would tell the world their story in his sublime opera, Dialogues des Carmelites.
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Caring for the Poor: Frank Capra and Elizabeth Seton
| The mid-twentieth century immigrant film director and the early-nineteenth century saint born into Manhattan’s elite shared a deep concern for society’s poor and outcasts that was grounded in their Catholic faith.
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Georges Bernanos, Elizabeth Seton, and the Revelation of Hell
| The French Catholic writer and the American saint each knew that God’s light shines brightest in the deepest darkness.
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Elizabeth Seton and Their Devotion to Mary
| There could hardly be two women who lived in such different cultures as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, yet Mary spoke to each of them.
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The Vocation of Women According to Elizabeth Seton and Sigrid Undset
| Elizabeth Seton and Sigrid Undset were feminist icons without officially becoming feminists because they drew their strength from their Catholicism.
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Reimagining Robert Lowell
| The saint Elizabeth Seton and the poet Robert Lowell took divergent paths through the storm clouds of their lives, each seeking shelter under God’s immense umbrella of grace.
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Gravitas: Good Friday, 2022
| In a remarkable act of trust, Elizabeth Seton referred to the death dates of her daughters as their “Heavenly birthdays”—the day when they were born into eternal life after the long, hard labor of dying.
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The Eucharist at the Core: Flannery O’Connor and Elizabeth Ann Seton
| The Catholic writer and the Catholic saint each grounded their lives and their works in the astonishing power of grace.
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Companionship in Christ: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Fr. Luigi Giussani
| Luigi Giussani and Elizabeth Seton never planned to found religious movements. Their mission was to love God and neighbor and proclaim that the Incarnate God lives now, in the Eucharist and in our encounters with the people we are given.
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Dolores Hart and Elizabeth Seton: Threading the Eye of a Needle
| These two immensely talented women gave up everything that stood in the way of their love of God and neighbor.
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 Farmhouse
Step back in time while you tour the Stone House, which was originally built in the mid-1700s.
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Historic St. Joseph's 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.