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St. Martin de Porres and Mother Seton Found New Families of Charity in Christ

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.

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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Humble Nobility of All Souls Day

Before she became a foundress and a saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton was a wife, a mother, a teacher. On All Souls Day, her example reminds us of the dignity of the ordinary faithful who keep things going, bearing everyday witness to the power and value of a life in Christ.

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All Saints Day - Seton Shrine

The Saints Want Us to Be With Them

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, like so many other saints, took inspiration from the lives of those who came before her. For All Saints Day, why not copy the venerable practice of seeking out a patron saint to teach you throughout the next liturgical year?

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Agony and Ecstasy: Blessed Chiara Badano and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Blessed Chiara Badano and Mother Seton each lived the Agony in the Garden, handing themselves over to God’s Providence, enduring all as Jesus had endured all. They show us that living a fully Christian life with joy is not just a pious dream. It’s an experience of heaven on earth.

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The Zeal of the Saints: Simon, Jude, and Elizabeth Ann Seton

What binds Saints Simon and Jude together, aside from their common feast day, is the zealous abandonment embraced by every saint, including Elizabeth Ann Seton, who recognized that each of us is an “impossible cause” searching for God’s mercy.

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John Paul II

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton as a Model of John Paul II’s “Feminine Genius”

St. John Paul II’s description of the beauty of authentic womanhood meets fulfillment in the life and work of Mother Seton.

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North American Martyrs

Hitting Rock Bottom and Staying There: Jean de Brebeuf and Mother Seton

In situations of explosive uncertainty, we need to cling to the single thread that is God.

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St. Teresa of Avila

Sisters in Courage: Teresa of Avila and Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Teresa of Avila and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton each had to confront age-old prejudices about women as they founded religious communities that were unique for their times. Neither doubted that God would provide them with good counsel as they forged new paths for the Church.

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Finding Interior Peace with St. Teresa of Avila and Mother Seton

Finding Interior Peace with St. Teresa of Avila and Mother Seton

Feelings change, emotions rise and fall, but God remains our anchor. It’s that truth, as St. Teresa of Avila and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton knew, that brings us peace, no matter the storms that rage around us.

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