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Peggy Rosenthal

Caring for the Poor: Frank Capra and Elizabeth Seton

Peggy Rosenthal  |  September 9, 2022

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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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Elizabeth Seton and Their Devotion to Mary

Peggy Rosenthal  |  May 28, 2022

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 Eucharist at the Core: Flannery O’Connor and Elizabeth Ann Seton

Peggy Rosenthal  |  April 8, 2022

The Catholic writer and the Catholic saint each grounded their lives and their works in the astonishing power of grace.

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Spiritual Soul Mates: Elizabeth Seton and Poet Vassar Miller

Peggy Rosenthal  |  February 25, 2022

Vassar Miller, her body limiting what she could do in the world, lived out her life in Christ through her poetry. Despite their different circumstances, she and Elizabeth Seton are soul sisters, linked by the spirituality that they shared.

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The Conversions of Elizabeth Seton and the poet Denise Levertov

Peggy Rosenthal  |  January 21, 2022

Elizabeth Seton and Denise Levertov were strong women with strong wills who surrendered themselves body and soul to God.

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The National Shrine of
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

339 South Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg, MD 21727-9297

Phone: 301-447-6606

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Basilica: Mon-Sun 10am-5pm; Wed until 7:30pm

Museum: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 12-5pm

Tour times are now offered multiple times a day!

The grounds and historic cemetery are open dawn to dusk.

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Mass
Mon-Fri at 1:30pm
Sun 11am and 1:30pm

Confession and Adoration
12:15-1:15pm on Mon-Fri and Sun

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