In 1975, Mother Elizabeth Seton was canonized as America's first
native-born Roman Catholic saint. This Vision Book tells the
inspiring true story of the life of Elizabeth Bayley Seton from her
childhood in a distinguished New York family to her becoming a
sister and foundress of an order of nuns. Born in 1774, Elizabeth
Bayley grew up in a well-to-do Protestant family and seemed
destined for a tranquil life. At age 19 she married William Seton
and together they had five children. Tragedy struck when William
died of tuberculosis in 1803. Elizabeth learned that her family
fortune was lost as well. She converted to Catholicism at a time
when Catholics were the object of persecutions in the United
States. Her family was shocked by this decision. Elizabeth met
Bishop Carroll of Maryland, and he gave her the inspiration to
found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American
parochial Catholic school. In time her order of sisters flourished,
and they established more schools, orphanages and hospitals across
the United States. At her early death (46 years old) Mother Seton's
congregation numbered twenty-one communities throughout the
country. Illustrated
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