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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Memorial January 4Religious, foundress, first US-born saint

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

A New York wife, mother and widow who became a Catholic, founded the Sisters of Charity and helped begin Catholic schools in America.

Amabilia Filicchi, portrait of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Who was Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton?

Elizabeth Bayley was born in New York City on August 28, 1774, into a prominent Episcopalian family. In 1794 she married William Magee Seton, and they had five children. When the family business failed and William fell ill with tuberculosis, they sailed to Italy, where he died in Livorno in 1803. The faith of their Catholic friends there, especially their love for the Eucharist, moved her deeply.

Back in New York she entered the Catholic Church in 1805, losing many friends. In 1809 she moved to Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's and opened a school for girls, a seed of the Catholic school system in the United States. She died on January 4, 1821, and in 1975 became the first saint born in the United States.

Feast day and traditions

Her shrine in Emmitsburg, Maryland, is a national place of pilgrimage, and many Catholic schools and parishes bear her name. Several congregations of Sisters of Charity in the United States and Canada trace their roots to her, and on her feast schools often hold special Masses and service projects.

Prayer

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, through joy and sorrow you trusted God's will. Help our families and our schools to grow in faith, and comfort all who grieve. Amen.

Novena

To pray a novena that ends on the eve of the feast, begin on December 26 and finish on January 3.

Mass readings

Read the Mass readings for January 4 from the US bishops (USCCB).

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Celebrate as a family

Write a thank-you note together to a teacher, and pray for all the students and teachers you know.

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