Seeking Peace with Saint Colette and Mother Seton
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St. Colette and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton were great organizers of religious communities who found peace in the presence of God, no matter the trials they suffered or the challenges they faced.
Dios es mío y yo soy suya - Encontrar la alegría en Cuaresma con Santa Isabel Ana Seton
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Si realmente entendiéramos la Cuaresma, estaríamos tan cautivados por el Miércoles de Ceniza como lo estaba la Madre Seton. Es a través de nuestro viaje cuaresmal hacia "el gran vacío" que nos encontramos con Dios y con nuestro auténtico yo.
Katharine Drexel and Elizabeth Ann Seton—”Sister Saints” Who Changed Education in the United States Forever
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These two brave and unselfish women devoted their lives to educating poor children and ministering to the needy. We can see their legacies today in the religious communities they founded, and the thousands of Catholic schools across our nation.
Sister Blandina, Mother Seton, and the Power of the Western Hero
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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.
To Follow the Pope, as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Did
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St. Peter is honored because despite his weaknesses he loved and followed Jesus and became the first pope. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton also chose a difficult path when she answered God’s call and entered the Catholic Church. Like St. Peter, Mother Seton’s humility became her greatest glory.
The Fierce Faith of Sts. Francisco, Jacinta and Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Like Mother Seton, the young saints Francisco and Jacinta were given the grace and strength to do what God called them to do with fierceness of faith. They had perfect trust in Him who died for our sins.
‘They Possess God’: Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole
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It’s no wonder that Mother Seton and the Dominican friar known as Fra Angelico experienced God so intensely in Italy, a land of splendid Catholic art and liturgy. They weren’t satisfied with a God who was merely transcendent, but yearned for the One who gave His life for the world and became our living bread.
Evangelizers of New Lands: Saints Cyril and Methodius, and Elizabeth Ann Seton
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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.
Lourdes and the Common Extremism of the Saints
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When Bernadette Soubirous and Elizabeth Ann Seton each discerned their callings, these future saints gave unstinting witness to their missions, in extreme obedience to truths that brought hope and light to many. They never backed down.