{"id":207579,"date":"2025-06-24T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/an-early-introduction-to-the-sisters-of-charity\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:02:31","slug":"an-early-introduction-to-the-sisters-of-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/an-early-introduction-to-the-sisters-of-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"An Early Introduction To The Sisters of Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0 She said, \u2018The Sisters of Charity held you first.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seems like my introduction to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton came early in life and my conversion followed years later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Kathy Sauer<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>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.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI was baptized a Presbyterian. My aunt was Catholic, and she gave me a bible. 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