The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton shrine in Emmittsburg, Maryland, will celebrate Sept. 12-14 the 50th anniversary of her canonization with prayer, music and other community activities.
The shrine will host a talk by historian Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of American studies and history at the University of Notre Dame, on the importance of her canonization. The event also will include reflections about the saint from women religious and lay leaders, and end with a Sept. 14 Mass at the shrine.
Mother Seton, as she is popularly known, founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s, the “first community for apostolic, religious women established in the United States,” according to the shrine’s website, and was an early champion of Catholic education in the country.
At her 1975 canonization, she became the first U.S.-born saint. Click aquí for more information on the celebration.
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