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.
The Student is the Teacher’s Masterpiece: St. Albert the Great and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Teachers can’t expect to have a student as exceptional as St. Thomas Aquinas, but both Albertus Magnus and Mother Seton understood that every teacher can create “masterpieces” by forming students in Christ’s image.
St. Martin of Tours, Mother Seton, and the Virtues of Veterans
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Veterans Day honors those who have served in the military, and is also the feast day of the soldier St. Martin of Tours. The virtues of obedience, humility and sacrifice, which are shared by soldiers and saints, were evident in the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, who left hearth and home to do spiritual battle for the Kingdom of Christ.
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.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton as a Model of John Paul II’s “Feminine Genius”
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St. John Paul II’s description of the beauty of authentic womanhood meets fulfillment in the life and work of Mother Seton.