{"id":8752,"date":"2025-09-21T19:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T00:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2025-09-21T19:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T00:27:32","slug":"50th-anniversary-celebration-of-saint-elizabeth-ann-setons-canonization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/50th-anniversary-celebration-of-saint-elizabeth-ann-setons-canonization\/","title":{"rendered":"50th anniversary celebration of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton&#8217;s Canonization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton<\/a> in Emmitsburg, MD, on Sept. 20-21, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated the 50th Anniversary of her 1975 Canonization of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton<\/a>, drawing over 3,000 visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, often known as &#8220;Mother Seton&#8221; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/paul-vi\/en\/homilies\/1975\/documents\/hf_p-vi_hom_19750914.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canonized on Sept. 14, 1975 by Saint Pope Paul VI. <em>[Click here for his Homily]<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first American Saint, Saint Mother Seton had multiple Vocations.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOurSundayVisitor%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0BenKE28nWUVUzfZ2rrV6h5HyyZx3WBVDqCbZi7krr7VunGtdVPBuQX4EatB2yxwSl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the &#8220;White House&#8221; on her Convent grounds<\/a>, the room where she made her Transitus to Eternal Life can be seen just a few feet away from one of her early classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Among her other virtues, she was known to have been very optimistic, to have accomplished all she did.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, Pray For Us!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;Mother Seton&#8221; was Canonized on Sept. 14, 1975 by Saint Pope Paul VI. [Click here for his Homily]. 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