St. Elizabeth Seton - JLELI
by Julie Lonneman
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St. Elizabeth Seton - JLELI
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Julie Lonneman
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Painting - Black & White Scratchboard, Colored Pencil Illustrations
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Born into a wealthy and influential Episcopalian family, Elizabeth was raised in New York high society. However, her advantages in life did not shield her from sorrow and trials: her mother died when Elizabeth was three, her baby sister a year later. At the age of 19, she married the wealthy businessman William Magee Seton, with whom she was very much in love. William's business failed after ten years of marriage, and soon he died of tuberculosis, leaving Elizabeth an impoverished widow with five small children.
Elizabeth was initially attracted to Catholicism during a sojourn in Italy during her husband's illness. She joined the church in 1805, alienating many of her family. To support her children, she opened a school in Boston. Later, at the invitation of the archbishop of Baltimore, she established a Catholic girl's school there, thus founding the first parochial school system in America. She was also the founder of the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity, in 1809.
United States, 1774-1821.
Her feast day is January 4.
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March 12th, 2016
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