EMMITSBURG – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s legacy continues to inspire pilgrims and faithful across the nation more than two centuries after her death.
The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg overflowed Sept. 14 with hundreds of visitors who filled the basilica and surrounding grounds to honor the first native-born American canonized by the Catholic Church.
“Half a century has passed since the joyful day that Pope St. Paul VI at St. Peter’s Basilica (in Rome) pronounced those now famous words: ‘Elizabeth Ann Seton is a saint!’” Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori said in his homily.