St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s humanity shines through in artifacts handed down by her family and on display in Maryland.
Years before she laid the foundations for the Catholic school system in the United States, Elizabeth Ann Seton got a scolding from her husband. William Seton, who traveled for business, sent her a letter reprimanding the future founder of the Sisters of Charity.
“You should have told me that you had put this in my bag,” he wrote playfully, referring to a tiny painting of his wife, “because I would have gazed upon it earlier.”