American Saint

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250037158
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis American Saint by : Joan Barthel

Download or read book American Saint written by Joan Barthel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating biography” of Elizabeth Seton, who shocked high society by converting to Catholicism—a faith that was illegal in New York when she was born (Booklist). In this riveting biography of the first American saint, Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life encompassed wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774—when Catholicism was illegal and priests in the city were arrested, and sometimes hanged. Her father was the chief health officer for the Port of New York, and she lived down the block from Alexander Hamilton. She danced at George Washington’s sixty-fifth Birthday Ball in cream slippers, monogrammed. When Elizabeth and her husband sailed to Italy in a doomed attempt to cure his tuberculosis, she and her family were quarantined in a damp dungeon. And when, after she was widowed, Elizabeth became a Catholic, she was so scorned that people talked of burning down her house. American Saint is the inspiring story of a brave woman who forged the way for other women who followed and who made a name for herself in a world entirely ruled by men. Founder of the Sisters of Charity, she resisted male clerical control of her religious order—and she also started America’s first Catholic school, laying the foundation of an educational system that would help countless children thrive in a new nation. “Compelling . . . an exquisite story of Seton’s inspiring life. . . . Readers interested in Catholic history and U.S. history should not overlook this important biography.” —Publishers Weekly “Barthel is a fine and insightful observer of this larger-than-life woman who was so far ahead two hundred years ago that we’re still catching up with her.” —Gloria Steinem Includes a foreword by Maya Angelou

Elizabeth Seton

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Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501726021
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Elizabeth Seton by : Catherine O'Donnell

Download or read book Elizabeth Seton written by Catherine O'Donnell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From socialite to saint, it was an extraordinary journey for Seton, one gracefully chronicled in Catherine O'Donnell's richly textured new biography.... A remarkable biography of a remarkable woman.― Wall Street Journal In 1975, two centuries after her birth, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, making her the first saint to be a native-born citizen of the United States in the Roman Catholic Church. Seton came of age in Manhattan as the city and her family struggled to rebuild themselves after the Revolution, explored both contemporary philosophy and Christianity, converted to Catholicism from her native Episcopalian faith, and built the St. Joseph’s Academy and Free School in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Hers was an exemplary early American life of struggle, ambition, questioning, and faith, and in this flowing biography, Catherine O’Donnell has given Seton her due. O’Donnell places Seton squarely in the context of the dynamic and risky years of the American and French Revolutions and their aftermath. Just as Seton’s dramatic life was studded with hardship, achievement, and grief so were the social, economic, political, and religious scenes of the Early American Republic in which she lived. O’Donnell provides the reader with a strong sense of this remarkable woman’s intelligence and compassion as she withstood her husband’s financial failures and untimely death, undertook a slow conversion to Catholicism, and struggled to reconcile her single-minded faith with her respect for others’ different choices. The fruit of her labors were the creation of a spirituality that embraced human connections as well as divine love and the American Sisters of Charity, part of an enduring global community with a specific apostolate for teaching. The trove of correspondence, journals, reflections, and community records that O’Donnell weaves together throughout Elizabeth Seton provides deep insight into her life and her world. Each source enriches our understanding of women’s friendships and choices, illuminates the relationships within the often-opaque world of early religious communities, and upends conventional wisdom about the ways Americans of different faiths competed and collaborated during the nation’s earliest years. Through her close and sympathetic reading of Seton’s letters and journals, O’Donnell reveals Seton the person and shows us how, with both pride and humility, she came to understand her own importance as Mother Seton in the years before her death in 1821.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

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Publisher : Pauline Books and Media
ISBN 13 : 0819871753
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (198 download)

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Book Synopsis Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton by : Jeanne Marie

Download or read book Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton written by Jeanne Marie and published by Pauline Books and Media. This book was released on 2019-02-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encounter the Saints series offers intermediate readers down-to-earth portrayals of the saints. Each story vividly recreates for the reader the saint's place of origin, family life, and corresponding historical events.

Elizabeth Ann Seton

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Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809166923
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (669 download)

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Book Synopsis Elizabeth Ann Seton by : Julie Walters

Download or read book Elizabeth Ann Seton written by Julie Walters and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized young adult biography of Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), New York socialite, wife, mother, convert and foundress of the American Sisters of Charity and the first U.S.-born saint.Ages 11 and up.

Collected Writings

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ISBN 13 : 9781565482494
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (824 download)

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Book Synopsis Collected Writings by : Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Download or read book Collected Writings written by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elizabeth Ann Seton

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ISBN 13 : 9780819823809
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (238 download)

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Book Synopsis Elizabeth Ann Seton by : Anne Merwin

Download or read book Elizabeth Ann Seton written by Anne Merwin and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Merwin is a former president of the Mother Seton House in Baltimore, Like Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, she has been a debutante, wife, mother, Episcopalian, convert to Catholicism, and a resident of New York City and Baltimore. She has worked in adult faith formation and is an Associate of the Sisters of Charity of New York. She lives in Maryland not far from Emmitsburg, where mother Seton founded the Sisters of Charity in 1809.

The Soul of Elizabeth Seton

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Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898702699
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis The Soul of Elizabeth Seton by : Joseph I. Dirvin

Download or read book The Soul of Elizabeth Seton written by Joseph I. Dirvin and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Seton is an important saint for our times: she was a convert, an American, a wife and mother as well as a widow, the foundress of an order (the Sisters of Charity) and an administrator. Fr. Dirvin, an authority on Saint Elizabeth Seton, takes writings, correspondence, and recollections of Seton to reveal her deep life of faith and prayer. A moving biography and an inspiring record of Elizabeth Seton's interior journey that gives us a profound spiritual portrait of a multifaceted saint.

Elizabeth Seton

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Elizabeth Seton by : Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Download or read book Elizabeth Seton written by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brotherhood of Saints

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Publisher : Franciscan Media
ISBN 13 : 1632533065
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis Brotherhood of Saints by : Melanie Rigney

Download or read book Brotherhood of Saints written by Melanie Rigney and published by Franciscan Media. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this page-a-day book, Melanie Rigney gives us a panoply of widely known and more obscure saints who show the way to be better disciples of Christ. They offer compelling examples of how to meet the challenges of daily life, be strengthened in your faith, and become the man God created you to be. While no such book would be complete without entries on Peter, Paul, the Francises, Anthony of Padua, Augustine and the other Doctors of the Church, Ignatius of Loyola, Benedict, John, John Paul, and so on, it will also include many of the men canonized in the past fifty years, including Oscar Romero, Louis Martin, Francisco Marto, José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, Junipero Serra, and the martyrs of Otranto, Natal, Korea, and the Spanish Civil War.

15 Days of Prayer with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

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Publisher : New City Press
ISBN 13 : 9780764808418
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton by : Betty Ann McNeil

Download or read book 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton written by Betty Ann McNeil and published by New City Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “15 Days of Prayer” Collection Now distributed by New City Press, this popular series is perfect for those looking for an introduction to a particular spiritual guide, those searching for gift ideas and those who merely wish to know more about the person and his or her spirituality. Additional volume planned in 2 to 3 months intervals. Each volume contains: • A brief biography of the saint or spiritual leader introduced in that volume • A guide to creating a format for prayer and retreat • 15 meditation sessions with focus points and reflection guides This volume, 15 Days of Prayer With Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, introduces readers to the “first American-born saint” and leads them to a place of peace and prayer that reflects the spirituality of Saint Elizabeth. Follow in the footsteps of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Elizabeth Bayley was born of a well-to-do family in 1774 and baptized in the Episcopal Church. After the death of her husband, William Magee Seton and her subsequent conversion to Catholicism, Elizabeth was no longer accepted in her previous social and family circles, leaving her a poor widow with five young children. At the invitation of Bishop Carroll, Elizabeth relocated her family to Baltimore, where she founded a school. She was soon joined by other women and formed the Daughters of Charity of Saint Joseph, serving as the first superior of that order. By the time of her death in 1821, Mother Seton’s community had established schools and orphanages in North America, South America and Italy. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975. Serve God always Knowing wealth but no stranger to poverty, devoted spouse and mother, committed religious, generous heart—Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton has become a model of sanctity to people in all walks of life in America and throughout the world.

Little Sins Mean a Lot

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Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
ISBN 13 : 1612789056
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (127 download)

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Book Synopsis Little Sins Mean a Lot by : Elizabeth Scalia

Download or read book Little Sins Mean a Lot written by Elizabeth Scalia and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us at one time have said, or thought, something like: “So I procrastinate, it’s not like it’s hurting anyone!” “Enough about you, back to me.” “I deserve this, so I’m treating myself!” “If I can’t have it, she shouldn’t either.” “I’ll get around to it... or not.” “It’s not really gossip if it’s all true, right?” (And the granddaddy of them all) “But that doesn’t make me a bad person!” Are these really sins, you ask? After all, they’re not murder, theft, or violence. Don’t they just mean we’re human? Writer, speaker, and blogger Elizabeth Scalia takes a look at thirteen of these “little sins” that, if left unexamined and unconfessed, can have a serious impact on our spiritual lives and relationship with Christ. Through her honest (and sometimes funny) examination of these same sins in her own life, as well as Church teaching on each one, she helps us ask ourselves the tough questions, and the tools to kick these bad habits before they kick us.

Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity

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Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898707663
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (76 download)

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Book Synopsis Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity by : Alma Power-Waters

Download or read book Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity written by Alma Power-Waters and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the first American saint, focusing on her deeds and contributions to American Catholicism.

You Are Enough

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Publisher : Ascension Press
ISBN 13 : 1945179481
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (451 download)

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Book Synopsis You Are Enough by : Danielle Bean

Download or read book You Are Enough written by Danielle Bean and published by Ascension Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every one of us is made in the image of God. We are unique, we are worthy of love, and we are called to greatness. In this world, though, it can be easy to be distracted from that truth and begin to doubt God's love is real. We live in a world that tells us we are not smart enough, not pretty enough, not sexy enough, not rich enough, not thin enough, and don t have enough friends. It's easy to focus on the ways we fall short of worldly perfection and to forget that we are already made perfect. We are already enough. God has made each of us for a unique purpose, and he calls each of us to know him in unique ways. In a world where everything feels fleeting and temporary, we are made for everlasting life; we are meant to experience God's abiding love. You Are Enough uses the timeless tales of the Bible to clarify that truth for modern women. ● See how God's love for each of us shines forth through the stories of the women of the Old Testament. ● Connect with the hopes, dreams, struggles, and experiences of these remarkable women. ● Learn how the lives of these women contain valuable lessons for our lives today. ● Find hope and encouragement as you discover that you are enough, you are accepted for who you are as a beloved daughter of God.

A Saint of Our Own

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Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469649489
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Book Synopsis A Saint of Our Own by : Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Download or read book A Saint of Our Own written by Kathleen Sprows Cummings and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What drove U.S. Catholics in their arduous quest, full of twists and turns over more than a century, to win an American saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints had left many of the faithful feeling spiritually unmoored. But while canonization may be fundamentally about holiness, it is never only about holiness, reveals Kathleen Sprows Cummings in this panoramic, passionate chronicle of American sanctity. Catholics had another reason for petitioning the Vatican to acknowledge an American holy hero. A home-grown saint would serve as a mediator between heaven and earth, yes, but also between Catholicism and American culture. Throughout much of U.S. history, the making of a saint was also about the ways in which the members of a minority religious group defined, defended, and celebrated their identities as Americans. Their fascinatingly diverse causes for canonization—from Kateri Tekakwitha and Elizabeth Ann Seton to many others that are failed, forgotten, or still under way—represented evolving national values as Catholics made themselves at home. Cummings's vision of American sanctity shows just how much Catholics had at stake in cultivating devotion to men and women perched at the nexus of holiness and American history—until they finally felt little need to prove that they belonged.

Kat Finds a Friend

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ISBN 13 : 9780966468915
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (689 download)

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Book Synopsis Kat Finds a Friend by : Ecce Homo Press

Download or read book Kat Finds a Friend written by Ecce Homo Press and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mother Seton brings her family and a new order of nuns to the village of Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1809, Kat and her friends help her bring the first order of American nuns and Catholic school to this country.

Saint Mary Magdalene

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Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1621640922
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (216 download)

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Book Synopsis Saint Mary Magdalene by : Fr. Sean Davidson

Download or read book Saint Mary Magdalene written by Fr. Sean Davidson and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adoration is love, and eucharistic adoration is love of Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament. In the Gospels there are few people who understand love for Jesus as well as Mary Magdalene, which is the reason she is a prophetess of eucharistic love. This work is an extended meditation on the life of Saint Mary Magdalene, known as the "Apostle to the Apostles" because the Risen Christ appeared to her first and then sent her to announce the Resurrection to the apostles. Based on the biblical texts traditionally associated with Mary Magdalene, this book helps readers to learn from her inspiring example and to enter more deeply into adoration of Jesus Christ truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. In telling the story of Mary Magdalene's profound conversion after a life so steeped in sin that the Lord had to expel seven demons from her soul, this book shows how she is a shining witness to the transforming power of an encounter with Jesus Christ. Mary Magdalene is the perfect model for those who have experienced the redeeming love of Christ and who seek to deepen their devotion to him and to the Eucharist.

Renewing the Vision

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Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574550047
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Renewing the Vision written by and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides all who minister to young people with an effective blueprint for building a truly meaningful ministry