EMMITSBURG, MD (23 de diciembre de 2024) _ Santa Isabel Ana Seton llev\u00f3 una vida audaz que la convirti\u00f3 en la primera estadounidense de nacimiento canonizada como santa por la Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica. Ahora, en 2025, el Santuario Nacional de Santa Isabel Ana Seton dirigir\u00e1 una audaz celebraci\u00f3n nacional de un a\u00f1o de duraci\u00f3n con motivo del 50 aniversario de su canonizaci\u00f3n, que tuvo lugar el 14 de septiembre de 1975.<\/p>\n
The events begin on Mother Seton\u2019s Feast Day on Jan. 4, with a noon (EST) mass celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and the opening of a new exhibit in the Shrine\u2019s museum dedicated to her canonization. The mass will be shown nationally on EWTN at 6 pm (EST).<\/p>\n
The new exhibit, named \u201cOne of Us,\u201d takes up two full rooms and tells the backstory of her canonization, one of the monumental days in the American Catholic Church during the 20th century. The exhibit will transport visitors to 1975, giving them an understanding of the magnitude of Mother Seton\u2019s influence then and her relevance today as a saint people can relate to in profound ways. Visitors will see artifacts, including the canonization decree from Pope Paul VI, now St. Paul VI, and peruse personal scrapbooks of those who attended the proceedings in Rome or watched them in Emmitsburg.<\/p>\n
An original mural by Frederick, Md., artist Ellen Byrne will depict Mother Seton\u2019s long road to sainthood, with a separate wall dedicated to information about other Americans in various stages of the canonization process.<\/p>\n
\u201cMother Seton\u2019s life can be considered a pilgrimage first to the Catholic faith and then to Emmitsburg and ultimately heaven as a saint of the Church,\u201d said Rob Judge, executive director of the Seton Shrine. \u201cThis puts the Shrine in a unique position to highlight the Universal call of holiness and the unique role of pilgrimage for Catholics on their journey. During this anniversary year we hope to encourage the faithful to go on pilgrimage, themselves, and deepen their relationship with Our Lord, with the knowledge that Mother Seton will show us the way and accompany us all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Con ese fin, el Santuario est\u00e1 organizando una serie de actos en 2025 para acercar a la gente a la Madre Seton y que puedan comprender mejor su vida y su legado. Entre ellos se incluyen:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 An outreach program to the more than 200 parishes and schools in the U.S., who are under her patronage. The Shrine will provide, free of charge, a variety of resources reintroducing Mother Seton to the faithful, while encouraging parish and school groups to visit the Shrine and treat it as a second home.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 A series of pilgrimage initiatives, including partnering with the Camino of Maryland, a 14-day, 218-mile journey in June that will culminate at the Shrine.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 A \u201c50 for 50\u201d digital content campaign showing the personal impacts that Mother Seton and her Shrine have made, and continue to make, on the faithful.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Continued expansion of the Shrine\u2019s \u201cSeeds of Hope\u201d program which offers retreats to those living in poverty.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 A \u201cDay of Joy\u201d anniversary celebration on Sept. 14 to commemorate the day she was canonized. The day will begin with a special mass broadcast on EWTN, followed by an afternoon of food, music and prayer on the sprawling and bucolic grounds of the Shrine.<\/p>\n
El patrocinador principal de la celebraci\u00f3n, que durar\u00e1 todo el a\u00f1o, es Ascensi\u00f3n. La exposici\u00f3n del museo es un proyecto de colaboraci\u00f3n entre el Santuario y los Archivos de las Hijas de la Caridad.<\/p>\n
The Shrine is located on the very site that Mother Seton established the first Catholic school for girls and the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph\u2019s, the first congregation of women religious founded in the United States, in 1809. Mother Seton\u2019s work continues today through the Sisters and Daughters of Charity in the U.S. and Canada. Both orders of religious sisters used Mother Seton as their spiritual guide, as they went out to start schools, hospitals and other organizations of service to benefit the communities where they lived.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis anniversary is a tremendous opportunity to show the world how an ordinary person such as Mother Seton, who conforms their life to God\u2019s grace can be transformed and become a saint,\u201d Judge said. \u201cShe truly is one of us, and she shows us the way. This is something that those under her patronage understand deeply, and it\u2019s why 2025 is a year of opportunity for people to come to know Mother Seton better and seek her out as an intercessor and a model of personal holiness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adem\u00e1s de los actos especiales, el Santuario llevar\u00e1 a cabo sus programas habituales, visitas guiadas y otras actividades durante todo el a\u00f1o. El Santuario atrae cada a\u00f1o a m\u00e1s de 50.000 visitantes que pueden seguir literalmente los pasos de un santo. Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre el Santuario, visite https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/.<\/p>\n
Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la celebraci\u00f3n del 50 aniversario, visite https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/fifty\/.<\/p>\n
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Santuario Nacional de Santa Isabel Ana Seton<\/strong><\/p>\n The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md., is a place of God and of history, where visitors can walk in the footsteps of a saint. The Shrine offers pilgrims prayerful comfort from Mother Seton\u2019s story and her intercessions as a friend in heaven. It is an active Basilica and has a wide range of historical buildings and programs that show what life was like when Mother Seton lived here more than 200 years ago. It was here that she founded the first community of religious women established in the U.S., created the first free Catholic school for girls staffed by sisters in the U.S. and fulfilled her mission of serving those in need. Today, her legacy includes several religious communities with thousands of sisters, who serve others through schools, social service centers and hospitals throughout the world. She was canonized in 1975. Her remains are entombed at the National Shrine that bears her name. For more information, please visit https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/.<\/em><\/p>\n # # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Comunicado de prensa de la inauguraci\u00f3n del 50 aniversario de la canonizaci\u00f3n<\/p>","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":195409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3920],"tags":[4559],"class_list":["post-195408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom","tag-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n