The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton
This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established schools in New York and Maryland and was the first to found a congregation of Religious Sisters in the United States, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, whose motherhouse stands today in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Christianity - Biographies
Language: English
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Play 01 | A Lady of Old New York | dave7 |
00:25:26 |
Play 02 | The Angel of the Lazaretto | dave7 |
00:16:27 |
Play 03 | The Cross in Barclay Street | dave7 |
00:17:31 |
Play 04 | The Lillies of the Valley | dave7 |
00:17:57 |
Play 05 | The Fruit of Her Hands | dave7 |
00:15:20 |