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

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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!

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint Augustine of Canterbury – May 27” – CNA

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“An Italian Benedictine monk who became the ‘Apostle of the English,’ Saint Augustine of Canterbury is honored by the Catholic Church on May 27. Under the direction of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, Augustine founded the famous See of Canterbury and preached the Catholic faith to the country’s Anglo-Saxon pagans during the late sixth and early seventh centuries. …”

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Apostolic Exhortation Redemptoris Custos of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II On the Person and Mission of Saint Joseph in the Life of Christ and of the Church” – Saint John Paul II/ VaticanVa

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“… 1. ‘Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife’ (cf. Mt 1 :24). Inspired by the Gospel, the Fathers of the Church from the earliest centuries stressed that just as St. Joseph took loving care of Mary and gladly dedicated himself to Jesus Christ’s upbringing,(1) he likewise watches over and protects Christ’s Mystical Body, that is, the Church, of which the Virgin Mary is the exemplar and model. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales” – CCEL

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COUNSELS AND PRACTICES SUITABLE FOR THE SOUL’S GUIDANCE FROM THE FIRST
ASPIRATION AFTER A DEVOUT LIFE TO THE POINT WHEN IT ATTAINS A CONFIRMED
RESOLUTION TO FOLLOW THE SAME.

I. What True Devotion is . . . 1 II. The Nature and Excellence of
Devotion . . . 5 III. Devotion is suitable to every Vocation and
Profession . . . 8 IV. The Need of a Guide for those Who Would enter
upon and advance in the Devout Life . . . 11 V. The First Step must be
Purifying the Soul . . . 15 VI. The First Purification, namely, from
Mortal Sin . . . 18 VII. The Second Purification, from all Sinful
Affections . . . 20 VIII. How to effect this Second Purification . . .
22 IX. First Meditation–Of Creation . . . 24 X. Second Meditation–Of
the End for which we were Created . . . 27 XI. Third Meditation–Of the
Gifts of God . . . 30 XII. Fourth Meditation–On Sin . . . 32 XIII.
Fifth Meditation–On Death . . . 35 XIV. Sixth Meditation–On Judgment
. . . 38 XV. Seventh Meditation–Of Hell . . . 41 XVI. Eighth
Meditation–On Paradise . . . 43 XVII. Ninth Meditation On the Choice
open to you between Heaven and Hell . . . 45 XVIII. Tenth
Meditation–How the Soul chooses the Devout Life . . . 48 XIX. How to
make a General Confession . . . 51 XX. A hearty Protest made with the
object of confirming the Soul’s resolution to serve God, as a
conclusion to its Acts of Penitence . . . 53 XXI. Conclusion of this
First Purification . . . 56 XXII. The Necessity of Purging away all
tendency to Venial Sins . . . 57 XXIII. It is needful to put away all
Inclination for Useless and Dangerous Things . . . 60 XXIV. All Evil
Inclinations must be purged away . . . 62

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Works by Saint John of the Cross – Read Online” – Christian Classics Ethereal Library

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“… Dark Night of the Soul … Ascent of Mount Carmel … Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ …”

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