Seton & Culture Archives - Seton Shrine

Seton & Culture

A new essay series on religious artists, writers, thinkers, activists and visionaries from the perspective of Elizabeth Seton’s spirituality.

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Translators of the Holy Spirit: Elizabeth Seton and Les Murray

The saint and the poet lived and wrote to communicate God’s glory and intimacy with humankind.

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Gianna Gobbi and Sofia Cavalletti

Children of the Church: Elizabeth Seton, Sofia Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi

Their boundless capacity for love, friendship and wonder deepened our understanding of the spirituality of children forever.

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In Praise of Holy Women

Elizabeth Ann Seton was twenty-years old when the Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne were executed during the French Revolution. A century and a half later Francois Poulenc would tell the world their story in his sublime opera, Dialogues des Carmelites.

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Caring for the Poor: Frank Capra and Elizabeth Seton

The mid-twentieth century immigrant film director and the early-nineteenth century saint born into Manhattan’s elite shared a deep concern for society’s poor and outcasts that was grounded in their Catholic faith.

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George Bernanos and Mother Seton

Georges Bernanos, Elizabeth Seton, and the Revelation of Hell

The French Catholic writer and the American saint each knew that God’s light shines brightest in the deepest darkness.

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Elizabeth Seton and Their Devotion to Mary

There could hardly be two women who lived in such different cultures as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, yet Mary spoke to each of them.

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The Vocation of Women According to Elizabeth Seton and Sigrid Undset

Elizabeth Seton and Sigrid Undset were feminist icons without officially becoming feminists because they drew their strength from their Catholicism.

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Reimagining Robert Lowell

The saint Elizabeth Seton and the poet Robert Lowell took divergent paths through the storm clouds of their lives, each seeking shelter under God’s immense umbrella of grace.

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Gravitas: Good Friday, 2022

In a remarkable act of trust, Elizabeth Seton referred to the death dates of her daughters as their “Heavenly birthdays”—the day when they were born into eternal life after the long, hard labor of dying.

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