50th anniversary celebration of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Canonization

The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, MD, on Sept. 20-21, 2025, celebrated the 50th Anniversary of her 1975 Canonization of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, drawing over 3,000 visitors.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, often known as “Mother Seton” was Canonized on Sept. 14, 1975 by Saint Pope Paul VI. [Click here for his Homily].

The first American Saint, Saint Mother Seton had multiple Vocations.  She entered Religious Life after first being a widowed wife and mother. Saint Mother Seton is regarded as the Foundress of Catholic parochial education in the United States.

In the “White House” on her Convent grounds, the room where she made her Transitus to Eternal Life can be seen just a few feet away from one of her early classrooms.

Among her other virtues, she was known to have been very optimistic, to have accomplished all she did.

Saint Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, Pray For Us!