“I was baptized a Presbyterian. My aunt was Catholic, and she gave me a bible. I started to read it and eventually went to RCIA. I came into the Catholic faith in one city, my adult daughter in another.
In the course of my studies, I chose Elizabth Ann Seton as my Saint. Soon after I converted my mother told me that the hospital I was born in was staffed by the Sisters of Charity. She said, ‘The Sisters of Charity held you first.’
Seems like my introduction to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton came early in life and my conversion followed years later.”
—Kathy Sauer
50 for 50 is a series of stories, quotes, clips, photos, and/or devotional statements from ordinary people to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton as the first native-born American saint.