PRESS: Relics of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to be displayed this summer at her shrine - Seton Shrine

PRESS: Relics of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to be displayed this summer at her shrine

Catholic News Agency covers the highly anticipated event this spring.

.- The Sisters of Charity of New York have donated several of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s relics to the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, it was announced on March 1.

The relics, which include the saint’s religious bonnet, rosary, and crucifix, will be displayed in an expanded museum at the shrine, which is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Seton was the first American-born person to be canonized.

The donation “was a surprise,” Rob Judge, the executive director of the Seton Shrine, said to CNA.

“We knew that they had these wonderful artifacts and they’ve loaned us artifacts at different times,” he said of the Sisters of Charity, “but it was really their generosity–they’re recognizing that this is a momentous year for the shrine.” Seton died in 1821, and Jan. 4 marked the bicentennial of her death.