Seton and her family were invited by several priests to move to Baltimore, Maryland. They moved in June 1808 to open a school for girls. Catholic women from ...

After a number of difficult years, Elizabeth moved in 1809 to Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph's, the first ...

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton SC (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was a Catholic religious sister in the United States and an educator

Elizabeth Ann Seton - our Patron Saint. SETON, Elizabeth Ann, born in New York city, 28 August, 1774; died in Emmittsburg, Maryland, 4 January, 1821.

A few months later Mother Seton and the sisters moved their home and school to Emmitsburg, Maryland, where they provided free education for the poor girls of ...

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) was born Elizabeth Ann Bayley on August 28, 1774, in New York and was raised Episcopalian.

She died January 4, 1821, and became the first American-born citizen to be beatified (1963) and then canonized (1975). She is buried in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

1777), lived on Staten Island, where Dr. Charlton was pastor at. Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church. After the death of his first wife, Dr. Bayley married (1778) ...

The year is 1774.The scene is bustling New York City, a principal trade center of the colonies. Elizabeth's mother is the daughter of an Episcopal minister. Her ...

Elizabeth Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, which is located in the provincial house (headquarters) of the Daughters of Charity of the Emmitsburg Province. To ...