Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Thodore Gurin, John Neumann, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, Katharine Drexel, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Ren Goupil. Excerpt: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (August 28, 1774 January 4, 1821) was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church (September 14, 1975). Biography Seton was born on August 28, 1774 to Richard Bayley of New York City . She was raised in the Episcopal Church . Her mother, daughter of an Episcopal priest, died when Elizabeth was three. At the age of nineteen, she married William Magee Seton, a wealthy businessman. Five children were born to the marriage, Anna Maria, William, Richard, Catherine (also known as "Kit") and Rebecca. Her home in Manhattan, New York City, was located at the site on which a church now stands in her honor, with the formerly matching building at the right (7 State Street) forming part of the shrine Her husband's business lost several ships at sea and the family ended up bankrupt. Soon after, her husband became ill and his doctors sent him to Italy for the warmer climate, with Elizabeth and their eldest daughter accompanying him. In Italy, they were held in quarantine, during which time her husband died. She spent time with a wealthy family where she was exposed to Catholicism. Two years later, after her return to the United States, she converted to Roman Catholicism, on March 14, 1805 and was received into the Church by the pastor of St. Peter's Church, the only Catholic church open in the city at that time due to the recent lifting of anti-Catholic laws under the new Republic. A year later, she was confirmed by the first bishop of Baltimore, John Carroll . To support her children, she started a school, but it failed due to...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Roman Catholic Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Thodore Gurin, John Neumann, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, Katharine Drexel. To get started finding American Roman Catholic Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Thodore Gurin, John Neumann, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, Katharine Drexel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
52
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155793714
American Roman Catholic Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Thodore Gurin, John Neumann, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, Katharine Drexel
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Thodore Gurin, John Neumann, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, Katharine Drexel, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Ren Goupil. Excerpt: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (August 28, 1774 January 4, 1821) was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church (September 14, 1975). Biography Seton was born on August 28, 1774 to Richard Bayley of New York City . She was raised in the Episcopal Church . Her mother, daughter of an Episcopal priest, died when Elizabeth was three. At the age of nineteen, she married William Magee Seton, a wealthy businessman. Five children were born to the marriage, Anna Maria, William, Richard, Catherine (also known as "Kit") and Rebecca. Her home in Manhattan, New York City, was located at the site on which a church now stands in her honor, with the formerly matching building at the right (7 State Street) forming part of the shrine Her husband's business lost several ships at sea and the family ended up bankrupt. Soon after, her husband became ill and his doctors sent him to Italy for the warmer climate, with Elizabeth and their eldest daughter accompanying him. In Italy, they were held in quarantine, during which time her husband died. She spent time with a wealthy family where she was exposed to Catholicism. Two years later, after her return to the United States, she converted to Roman Catholicism, on March 14, 1805 and was received into the Church by the pastor of St. Peter's Church, the only Catholic church open in the city at that time due to the recent lifting of anti-Catholic laws under the new Republic. A year later, she was confirmed by the first bishop of Baltimore, John Carroll . To support her children, she started a school, but it failed due to...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Roman Catholic Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Thodore Gurin, John Neumann, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, Katharine Drexel. To get started finding American Roman Catholic Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Thodore Gurin, John Neumann, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, Katharine Drexel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.