In Troubled Times, Look to Leo the Great and Mother Seton
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The saints who have gone before us show us how to live with the conflicts and turmoil of our times.
Duns Scotus, ‘Master of Thought and Life,’ and Mother Seton
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Blessed John Duns Scotus were certain that God, outside of time, is not bound by human categories. By the witness of their lives and their mystical insights, these saints connected the earthly realities of Christ’s Incarnation to the inexhaustible mystery of Divine Revelation.
St. Martin de Porres and Mother Seton Found New Families of Charity in Christ
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St. Martin de Porres and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton experienced broken families and health crises throughout their lives and responded with radical charity, gathering Catholic communities to teach and heal.
On the Way to Sainthood, Holiness Means Being Fully Yourself
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As we see in the life of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the Americans “on their way” to sainthood show us that sanctity is not perfection but surrender, not an escape from our humanity but its fulfillment in Christ.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton as a Model of John Paul II’s “Feminine Genius”
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Pope Saint John Paul II’s description of the beauty of authentic womanhood meets fulfillment in the life and work of Mother Seton.
Saint John XXIII, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, and the Strength of Goodness
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The unshakable faith of Pope Saint John XXIII and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton flowed from their devotion to the “strength of goodness.” This devotion was inspired by the humble and outward-serving influences of people who left indelible marks on the young lives of these two great saints.
They Lived as They Died: The Marist Martyrs of Barcelona and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Whether it’s the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s or a time of bloodless martyrdom, Christians are called to witness to the Gospel. The Marist Martyrs show what it looks like in wartime; St. Elizabeth Ann Seton shows what it looks like in peace.
Citizens of the Kingdom: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos and Mother Seton
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Father Seelos and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton were missionaries who left behind familiar comforts to follow Christ and embrace the poor and forsaken as brothers and sisters.
The Hallmarks of a Saint: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Francis of Assisi
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At Mother Seton’s canonization, Pope Paul VI said “A Saint is a human creature fully conformed to the will of God.” Consider these four ways that St. Francis and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton embodied this standard in their own lives.