40 Years Celebration of St Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton holds a special place for our country being the first American born saint, in the lives of our family and also to this blog, and so we are excited to celebrate 40 years of her canonization on September 14th, 2015!  "Be Children of the Church" St Elizabeth Ann Seton said, and it is such a perfect message to bring to our lives each and every day!

There are a lot of fun events going on to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Maryland this weekend, but even if you are not there (like me) you can still watch the Anniversary Mass on Sunday September 13th where Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore will be presiding and it will be televised internationally on EWTN!

Each year we as a family choose a Saint of the Year to learn about and study as a family and this year we chose St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to grow closer to as we started our journey with homeschooling!  I have truly learned so much about this remarkable women this year and loved the book The Soul of Elizabeth Seton.  We enjoyed celebrating her feast day on January 4th this year and we were also thrilled to hear that Holy Heroes made a Glory Stories CD all about the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to help our children learn about her life as well!

 

My husband and I had the opportunity to visit where the Seton Home was originally located in New York City where they now have a church built in St Elizabeth Seton's honor.  It was such a beautiful and special place to visit.

 

 

 

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us!