About Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth Ann Seton, born in New York in 1774, was a wife, mother, widow, and convert to Catholicism. In Emmitsburg, Maryland, she founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph and opened a school that helped inspire the American Catholic parochial-school system. She became the first native-born United States citizen canonized.
Prayer
Pray with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
God of every vocation, you led Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton through family love, grief, conversion, teaching, and religious service. Through her intercession, sustain parents and educators, welcome those seeking truth, and help us turn hardship into compassionate service. Amen.
