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Tom Hoopes

Bold Witnesses to Truth: Saint Sebastian and Mother Seton

Bold Witnesses to Truth: Saint Sebastian and Mother Seton

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.

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From Anthony in the Desert to Elizabeth on Wall Street: Saints Lead the Church

The lives of St. Anthony of Egypt and Mother Seton show us that even when saints work in obscurity, God will shine their light across space and time, to inspire the faithful on their journey to holiness.

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Mother Seton, Saint of the Incarnation

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.

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St. Thomas Becket and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton each confronted death during the Christmas season in ways that resound today.

When Death Comes at Christmas: Thomas Becket and Elizabeth Seton

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.

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St. Stephen

St. Stephen, First in a Line That Includes Mother Seton

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.

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St. Damasus, Mother Seton, and the Roots of Christian Comfort

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.

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Fulton Sheen and Elizabeth Ann Seton: The Church That Challenges

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.

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Mother Seton Saint Ambrose

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Witness of the ‘Church of Ambrose’

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.

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Laboure

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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