The first saint born in the United States, a widow. She devoted her life to education and charity work
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January 4th: Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious
Gospel text
Lk 10:38-42
Lk 10:38-42
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak...
Gospel's Commentary
Today, we celebrate the feast-day of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), wife, mother, educator, foundress of the Sisters of Charity, and initiator of the parochial school system in the United States, the system whereby a parish provides total education for its children.
—St. Elizabeth encouraged the Sisters of Charity to treasure the interior life. She wrote, "An interior life means the continuation of the Savior's life within us."