Elizabeth Ann Seton, born in 1774, was the first American saint in the Catholic church, canonized in September 1975 by Pope Paul VI. She opened the first Catholic school in the United States and ...

Throughout 2025, the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton will lead a year-long national celebration of the 50th anniversary of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization, which occurred on ...

(RNS) — Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the first congregation of women religious in the US and the first US Catholic girls’ school. (RNS) — Catholics are preparing to mark a year of ...

after Mr. Nguyen was arrested near the school in June. The 39-page report was released one day after The New York Times published an account of Mr. Nguyen’s tenure at Saint Ann’s and of his ...

One of my father’s favorite spots to visit whenever he returned to his native New York is at the lower ... include a stop at the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at Our Lady of the Rosary ...

Saint Seton’s life unfolds with the late 18th c. birth of the U.S. Saint Elizabeth Ann ... And the school-for-girls-plan failed, too. So being a Catholic in New York was already making things ...

It’s amazing.” Valdahl has been teaching at Our Lady of Lourdes School for 39 years. The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award recognizes one Catholic teacher who is making a big difference in the ...

Rochester purchased the 15 Bridge St. property that was formerly home to St. Elizabeth Seton School, which in 2022 was closed by the Diocese of Manchester in a consolidation of Catholic schools.

"She accepted and left New York for good on June 8, 1808," notes the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Baltimore. Before long, she opened a Catholic school dedicated to educating girls.