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St. Oscar Romero, Mother Seton, and the Works of Mercy

In their radical commitment to doing the will of God, St. Oscar Romero and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton gave their lives to serving the poor and marginalized of the earth.

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The Way of St. Joseph and Mother Seton

St. Joseph and Mother Seton: The Vocations of Spouse and Worker

St. Joseph and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton teach us that God won’t make troubles go away, but he will protect us in the midst of them. They both found strength by responding to God’s call, even when it meant leaving everything behind.

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem

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.

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Seton Shrine - Saint Patrick Preaching to the Kings

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.

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Jan Tyranowski

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.

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Chiara Lubich

The Spirit At Work In the Lives of Chiara Lubich and Mother Seton

The Holy Spirit loves to surprise us. In every age He enters like a lightning bolt and transforms relationships, overturns our ways of thinking, and brings new life, as he did with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Servant of God Chiara Lubich.

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Saint Matilda and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: Two Widows Who Show Us The Power of Trusting in God

St. Matilda of Ringelheim and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton were each widowed early. Their legacies speak to the importance of trusting in God to do great things with us and through us, regardless of our circumstances.

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Embracing God Through Hard Times with St. Seraphina and Mother Seton

As we journey through Lent, we can look to St. Seraphina and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to strengthen our desire to follow God’s will for our lives. God was their all. Whatever the circumstances, they turned themselves over to Him, uniting all their sufferings to Christ.

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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.

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