Bold Witnesses to Truth: Saint Sebastian and Mother Seton
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Their circumstances couldn’t be more different, but St. Sebastian and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton show us—each in their own way—how to speak truth to power as disciples of Christ.
Mother Seton, Saint of the Incarnation
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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.
When Death Comes at Christmas: Thomas Becket and Elizabeth Seton
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St. Thomas Becket and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton each confronted death during the Christmas season in ways that resound for us today. They are saints to whom we can turn when faced with loss, especially at Christmastide.
St. Stephen, First in a Line That Includes Mother Seton
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In the lives of St. Stephen and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton we see that authentic service to the poor is deeply rooted in love for God and His Truth.
St. Damasus, Mother Seton, and the Roots of Christian Comfort
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The teachings, sacraments, and traditions of the Church that sustained Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton throughout her life were forged from the heroic virtue of great saints like Damasus of Rome.
Fulton Sheen and Elizabeth Ann Seton: The Church That Challenges
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Venerable Fulton Sheen and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton were both passionately committed to the truth that the Church is God’s channel of grace to humanity. A grace born of much suffering, but overcome by love.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Witness of the ‘Church of Ambrose’
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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.
The Miraculous Medal: Going to Mary with Mother Seton and St. Catherine Labouré
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Mary holds for us many graces — we need only ask her for them with confidence and love.
Icons of Faith: Blessed Miguel Pro and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
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In the images and mementos of Blessed Miguel Pro’s martyrdom and Mother Seton’s sacrificial life, we see everlasting signs of Christ’s incarnation in the Church and the world.