St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, whose feast is celebrated on Jan. 4, led a bold and faith-filled life, which led to her becoming the first native-born American to be canonized in the Catholic Church on Sept.

The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is bringing history to life with its Academy Alive program, running through May 3. The annual event, held at 339 S. Seton Ave. in Emmitsburg, Maryland, ...

There is something comforting in an eerie but heartwarming way when one walks the grounds of the Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland. You are not alone. The beautiful grounds of this place in northern ...

(RNS) — Catholics are preparing to mark a year of celebration of the 50th anniversary of the canonization of the first U.S.-born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774 – 1821). Seton, a widow and Catholic ...

More than 200 years ago, Elizabeth Ann Seton served as a nun in the Catholic Church. She didn't know it at the time, but a century later, she would be recognized as the first American-born saint. This ...

Throughout 2025, the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton will lead a year-long national celebration of the 50th anniversary of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization, which occurred on Sept.

This week the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton will welcome hundreds of people to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the canonization of the first American-born saint and to recognize the ...

The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, 339 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, Maryland, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her canonization with a three-day event. The celebration, which runs ...

The shrine will also be organizing a series of events throughout the year leading up to the 50th anniversary of Seton’s canonization in order to bring people closer to better understand the saint’s ...

(RNS) — Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the first congregation of women religious in the US and the first US Catholic girls’ school. (RNS) — Catholics are preparing to mark a year of celebration of ...