Caught Up in Grace: St. Cyril of Jerusalem and Mother Seton
St. Cyril defended the divinity of Christ amid the Arian heresy, while St. Elizabeth Ann Seton embraced the Catholic Church despite opposition from her community. They show us that it’s impossible to live in truth without courage.
Saint Patrick’s Day and Mother Seton’s Heart for the Irish
From the hardscrabble immigrants she worshiped with and whose piety she learned from, to the Irish clergy and bishops with whom she worked to build her religious community, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton always had a heart for the Irish.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Explains How to Pray, Fast, and Give
For St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the three Lenten marks of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving were a way of life. Her words can inspire us to view these three practices of Lent as one integrated act.
Venerable Jan Tyranowski and Mother Seton: When Lay People Help Create Saints
Elizabeth Ann Seton and John Paul II may not have become saints without the early influence of devoted lay people who spiritually mentored them along the path to Christ.
St. John Ogilvie and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: Heroic Witnesses to Christ’s Church
John Ogilvie and Mother Seton were courageous saints of Scottish heritage. Each in their own way, they witnessed to Christ in their native lands in the face of hostility to the Catholic Church.
Sister Blandina, Mother Seton, and the Power of the Western Hero
Servant of God Blandina Segale’s ministry in the American West as a Sister of Charity, and Mother Seton’s experiences founding her community in Emmitsburg, share much in common with classic western movies. In both their stories, Jesus is the true hero.
Evangelizers of New Lands: Saints Cyril and Methodius, and Elizabeth Ann Seton
Though more than a millennium separates us from the evangelical mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and two centuries from Mother Seton, their approach to evangelization is a model for the Church today.
What Aquinas the Student Taught Elizabeth Ann Seton the Teacher
Even though St. Elizabeth Ann Seton spent much of her adult life educating and instructing others in the Catholic faith, she never stopped being a student herself. Her own education in the faith can be traced back to the iconic saint and student, St. Thomas Aquinas.
Mother Seton and St. Paul Show Us a 4-Fold Path to Change
The conversions of Paul and Elizabeth Ann Seton may seem exceptional, but each of us, in our own life, can experience the same grace by opening our heart when Christ calls.